MUBI AND FILMS WE LIKE TO RELEASE AKI KAURISMÄKI’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, CANNES JURY PRIZE WINNER
FALLEN LEAVES
CANADIAN PREMIERE AT TIFF 2023
IN CENTREPIECE
IN CINEMAS ACROSS CANADA FALL 2023
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“Although I have so far made my questionable violent films, I finally decided, tormented by all the senseless, unnecessary and criminal wars, to write a story about the themes through which humanity might have a future: the longing for love, solidarity, hope, and respect for other people, nature and anything living or dead.” – Aki Kaurismäki
MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company and world cinema distributor Films We Like has announced that they will be bringing Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki’s award winning 20th feature film to Canada with its Canadian Premiere at TIFF 2023 and release in cinemas across the country this Fall.
With a tip of the hat to Kaurismäki’s “household gods” Bresson, Ozu and Chaplin, Fallen Leaves had its World Premiere in Official Competition at Cannes 2023.
Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives.
Their path towards this honourable goal is clouded by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking their happiness.
This gentle tragicomedy, previously thought to be lost, is the fourth part of Aki Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl).
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Running time: 81 minutes
2023, Finland, Germany, Finnish with English subtitles
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Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Afire, EO, Subtraction and Academy Award winner Drive My Car.