Love's Resilience in Fallen Leaves
Release Date:Nov/17/2023 Genre:Comedy/Drama/Romance Director:Aki Kaurismäki Cast:Alma Pöysti、Jussi Vatanen、Janne Hyytiäinen、Nuppu Koivu、Mia Snellman Viola's Rating:8.6 Winning the Jury Prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and being one of the 15 shortlisted feature films as the Finnish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, Fallen Leaves , Finnish director and screenwriter Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film after he announced his short-lived retirement in 2017, was released limited in the US on Nov 17, 2023. Being considered as the extension of Kaurismäki’s proletariat trilogy, this romantic comedy is set in modern-day Helsinki, where two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to unexpected accidents and alcoholism. While France has Stéphane Brizé making workplace trilogy, Finland has Kaurismäki focusing on the social class of wage-earners. In Fallen