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Fallen Leaves
Kuolleet lehdet
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
2023•1h 21m•NR•★ 7.1
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Synopsis
In working-class Helsinki against the ambient background radio news of the war in Ukraine, a lonely supermarket shelf-stocker fired for keeping an expired sandwich meets an alcoholic metal construction worker at a karaoke bar, embarking on a tender, obstacle-strewn romance complicated by lost phone numbers, lost addresses, and a stray dog named Chaplin. Aki Kaurismäki's Cannes Jury Prize-winning 81-minute jewel starring Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen.
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DirectorAki Kaurismäki
WriterAki Kaurismäki
CinematographyTimo Salminen
Principal Cast
Alma PöystiAnsa
Jussi VatanenHolappa
Janne HyytiäinenHuotari
Nuppu KoivuLiisa
Mikko MykkänenShop Security Guard
Sherwan HajiParakin Resident
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Mia SnellmanAnsa's ColleagueKA
Karar Al-BazoonParakin ResidentTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 21m (81 mins)
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DirectorAki Kaurismäki
LanguagesFinnish
CountryFI, DE
StudioSputnik • Bufo • Pandora Film
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