Fallen Leaves (film)

2023 film by Aki Kaurismäki

Fallen Leaves

Theatrical release poster

Finnish| Kuolleet lehdet
Literally| Dead Leaves
Directed by| Aki Kaurismäki
Written by| Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by|

* Misha Jaari[1]
* Aki Kaurismäki[1]
* Mark Lwoff[1]

Starring|

* Alma Pöysti
* Jussi Vatanen

Cinematography| Timo Salminen
Edited by| Samu Heikkilä[2]

Production
companies

* Sputnik Oy
* Bufo
* Pandora Film

Distributed by|

* B-Plan Distribution (Finland)
* Pandora Film (Germany)

Release dates

* 22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) (Cannes)
* 14 September 2023 (2023-09-14) (Germany)
* 15 September 2023 (2023-09-15) (Finland)

Running time

| 81 minutes[2]
Countries|

* Finland
* Germany

Language| Finnish
Budget| €1.4 million[3]
Box office| US$8.6 million[4][5]

Fallen Leaves (Finnish: Kuolleet lehdet, lit. 'Dead Leaves') is a 2023 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki.[6] It is Kaurismäki's 20th full-length film and a continuation of his Proletariat series, which was originally planned as a trilogy and already includes Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1990).[7][8] Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen star in the main roles. The film is a co-production between Finland and Germany.[9]

The film premiered on 22 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in its main competition section, where it won the Jury Prize. It was released in Finland on 15 September 2023. It received critical acclaim and was named one of the top five international films of 2023 by the New York-based National Board of Review. The film was chosen as the Finnish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards,[10][11] and was one of the 15 finalist films in the December shortlist.[12]

## Plot

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Ansa[a] is a single woman who lives in Helsinki. She works on a zero-hour contract in a supermarket, stocking the shelves. The equally lonely and depressed Holappa works as a sandblaster and frequently drinks on the job. One night, co-worker and roommate Huotari proposes they go to a karaoke bar, and he reluctantly complies. There, the two drink heavily and Huotari sings for the audience. His singing gets complimented by Liisa, who is drinking with her friend and co-worker Ansa. While Huotari tries (and fails) to seduce Liisa, Holappa and Ansa notice each other, but do not talk. Later, while returning home, Ansa sees Holappa drunk and unconscious on a bench. After checking that he is okay, she leaves before he wakes up.

Ansa eventually gets fired for taking expired food from the supermarket. In desperate need of money, she starts working at a bar for a meager salary. On her second day on the job, her boss is arrested, and she is jobless once again, but runs into Holappa who buys her a coffee and a pastry. They later see The Dead Don't Die at the cinema and seem to hit it off. At the end of the date, she writes down her phone number for Holappa, but does not tell him her name. While stopping to smoke a cigarette, he unknowingly drops and loses the paper.

Ansa grows disappointed waiting for a phone call while Holappa has no way of tracking her down. Remembering that Ansa told him that she lives near the cinema, he repeatedly goes there and waits at the entrance for hours. He eventually sustains an injury at work, and is fired after failing a breathalyzer test, which also gets him kicked out of the company dormitory. Ansa and Holappa eventually reunite outside the movie theater one night, and Ansa invites him over for dinner. Everything seems to go well, until she catches him drinking from a flask in her flat. Because of the tragedies alcoholism has caused to her family, an angry Ansa throws Holappa out. Without a home, he sleeps on benches at night and gets a job in construction but is again fired for drinking at work.

One day, while returning from work, Ansa saves a homeless dog by adopting it. At home, she washes the dog and treats it with affection. Missing Ansa (who also misses him), Holappa finds housing and pours his bottles down the drain. He calls Ansa to apologize, and they agree to meet up right away. On his way to her house, however, he is struck by a train.

Ansa waits for him at home, not knowing what happened. One day at a park, while walking the dog, Ansa runs into Huotari who reveals that Holappa is in a coma. Huotari also asks for Liisa's number, despite knowing she thinks he is too old for her. Ansa gives him the number and goes to the hospital. Though she does not know Holappa's first name, Ansa convinces the staff to let her see him. Each day while Holappa is in a coma, she reads and talks to him. Huotari, on the other hand, starts a relationship with Liisa.

One day, Holappa wakes up and leaves the hospital with Ansa and her dog. Instead of asking Ansa for her name, Holappa asks what the dog is called. She answers "Chaplin".

## Cast

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* Alma Pöysti as Ansa
* Jussi Vatanen as Holappa
* Janne Hyytiäinen as Huotari
* Nuppu Koivu as Liisa
* Sherwan Haji[14] as Parakin asukkaat
* Matti Onnismaa as iron foundry boss
* Simon Al-Bazoon as internet café keeper
* Martti Suosalo as Ansa's boss
* Maustetytöt as themselves
* Sakari Kuosmanen as man in the inn
* Maria Heiskanen as head nurse
* Alina Tomnikov as Tonja
* Alma the dog as Chaplin the dog[15]
* Juho Kuosmanen (uncredited)[14]

## Production

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Fallen Leaves was produced by Sputnik Oy and Bufo, and co-produced by the German company Pandora Film. The production also received the support of the Finnish Film Foundation, Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company, ZDF / ARTE, Filmförderungsanstalt and Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.[16]

Filming began in August 2022 in Kallio, Helsinki. Timo Salminen served as director of photography.[17] Production was done "in one take" and in Kaurismäki's typical style, according to Pöysti: "don't rehearse and don't read the script too much".[8]

The time period of the film is unclear, and it has been said to be set in an alternate reality.[18] The wall calendar shown in the film shows autumn 2024, but the news narrated on the radio takes place in the early moments of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[19] Tube radios, landline phones and old-fashioned trains are used in the world of the film, among other things.[18] It also contains several references to films, including Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die, David Lean's Brief Encounter, and Charlie Chaplin's Limelight.[8] According to Alma Pöysti, the female lead, "the film is about lonely people with baggage, who meet later in life. It takes courage to fall in love later in life."[8] It has been described as a tragicomedy.[20]

## Release

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Fallen Leaves was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,[21][22] where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2023.[23][24] International sales are handled by The Match Factory.[25] In May 2023, MUBI acquired the distribution rights for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America and Turkey.[26] In the United States, the film was released on 17 November.[27]

The film was screened at the Midnight Sun Film Festival on 17 June 2023.[28][29] It was also invited to the 27th Lima Film Festival in the Acclaimed section, where it was screened on 10 August 2023.[30] Following screenings at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and 2023 New York Film Festival.[31][32]

It was released in Germany by Pandora Film on 14 September 2023, under the title Fallende Blätter.[33] B-Plan Distribution theatrically released the film in Finland on 15 September 2023.[34]

It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Icon' section and was screened on 6 October 2023.[35]

## Reception

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### Critical response

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 167 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's consensus reads, "A quirky tale of star-crossed lovers, Fallen Leaves is a life-affirming gem from Finnish filmmaker Kaurismäki."[36] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 30 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[37]

Reviewing the film following its Cannes premiere, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that the film is "romantic and sweet-natured, in a deadpan style that in no way undermines or ironises the emotions involved and with some sharp things to say about contemporary politics."[38] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four stars, stating that "just an hour and twenty minutes long, the movie is a soulful romance that goes through conventional narrative paces."[39] Time called the film a "quiet masterpiece" and possibly Kaurismäki's greatest film.[40]

American filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp praised the film, saying "Kaurismäki tells sincere stories about marginalized peoples struggling for the basic stuff—food, shelter, dignity, love. But the films themselves are bone-dry comedies which encourage us to laugh at the protagonists' misfortunes, or at least at the absurdity of the world's indifference to them. And by depicting such sympathetic underdogs with such a coolly detached brush, Kaurismäki evokes in us, the audience, our very best. When the lights come up, I feel radicalized toward empathy and sincerity, ready to take up arms against the cynicism within myself and against the ironic posturing that is pop culture's favorite self-defensive crouch."[41]

In August 2023, it was voted as the Best Film of the Year by the International Film Critics Federation Fipresci.[42]

Fallen Leaves was ranked first on Time's top 10 best films of 2023 list,[43] and fifth on Cahiers du Cinéma's top 10 films of 2023 list.[44] The film was included in the National Board of Review's list of the Top Five International Films of 2023.[45] AP News listed the film among the best films of the year; of the two critics who responded to the list, Lindsey Bahr ranked the film at #6 and Jake Coyle at #1.[46] In December 2024, Fallen Leaves was chosen by the Dicastery of Evangelization as one of the official film recommendations for the Jubilee Year 2025.[47]

### Accolades

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Award  | Date of ceremony  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024  | Best Non-English-Language Film  | Fallen Leaves | Nominated  | [48]
Astra Film Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Feature  | Nominated  | [49]
Best International Actress  | Alma Pöysti  | Nominated
British Independent Film Awards | 3 December 2023 | Best International Independent Film | Aki Kaurismäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Reinhard Brundig  | Nominated  | [50]
Cannes Film Festival | 27 May 2023 | Palme d'Or | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominated  | [51]
Jury Prize | Won  | [52]
César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Foreign Film | Fallen Leaves | Nominated  | [53]
[54]
Chicago International Film Festival | 22 October 2023  | Gold Hugo  | Nominated  | [55]
Silver Hugo for Best Director  | Aki Kaurismäki | Won  | [56]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film  | Fallen Leaves | 5th Place  | [57]
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | 19 December 2023  | Best Screenplay  | Aki Kaurismäki  | 4th Place  | [58]
European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best Film | Fallen Leaves | Nominated  | [59]
Best Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominated
Best Screenwriter | Nominated
Best Actor | Jussi Vatanen | Nominated
Best Actress | Alma Pöysti | Nominated
March 2024  | Lux European Audience Film Award  | Fallen Leaves | Nominated  | [60]
Gaudí Awards | 18 January 2025 | Best European Film  | Nominated  | [61]
Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Picture – Non-English Language | Misha Jaari, Aki Kaurismäki and Mark Lwoff  | Nominated  | [62]
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Alma Pöysti  | Nominated
IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023  | Best International Film  | Fallen Leaves | 5th Place  | [63]
International Cinephile Society | 11 February 2024  | Best Picture  | Nominated  | [64]
Best Actress  | Alma Pöysti  | Nominated
Miskolc International Film Festival | 9 September 2023  | Adolph Zukor Prize  | Fallen Leaves | Won  | [65]
National Board of Review | 6 December 2023 | Top Five International Films | Won[b] | [66]
National Society of Film Critics Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Foreign Language Film | Won  | [67]
San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Picture | Nominated  | [68]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | 9 January 2024 | Best International Feature Film | Nominated  | [69]
Satellite Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Alma Pöysti  | Nominated  | [70]
Best Motion Picture – International | Fallen Leaves | Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best International Film  | Nominated  | [71]
Sydney Film Festival | 18 June 2023 | Best Film  | Nominated  | [72]
Toronto Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best International Feature | Won  | [73]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 10 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated  | [74]

## Notes

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1. ^ Finnish lit. 'trap'.[13]
2. ^ This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
* List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
* List of Finnish films of the 2020s

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## External links

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* Fallen Leaves at IMDb
* Fallen Leaves at Rotten Tomatoes
* MUBI

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Films directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Feature films|

* Crime and Punishment (1983)
* Calamari Union (1985)
* Shadows in Paradise (1986)
* Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
* Ariel (1988)
* Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
* The Match Factory Girl (1990)
* I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
* La vie de bohème (1992)
* Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
* Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
* Drifting Clouds (1996)
* Juha (1999)
* The Man Without a Past (2002)
* Lights in the Dusk (2006)
* Le Havre (2011)
* The Other Side of Hope (2017)
* Fallen Leaves (2023)

Documentaries|

* The Saimaa Gesture (1981)
* Total Balalaika Show (1994)

Short films|

* "Rocky VI" (music video; 1986)
* "Dogs Have No Hell" (segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet; 2002)
* "Bico" (segment of Visions of Europe; 2004)
* "The Foundry" (segment of To Each His Own Cinema; 2007)

Awards for Fallen Leaves

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Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize

1946–1973|

* The Battle of the Rails (1946)
* All About Eve (1951)
* We Are All Murderers (1952)
* Knave of Hearts (1954)
* Lost Continent (1955)
* The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
* Kanał / The Seventh Seal (1957)
* Mon Oncle (1958)
* Stars (1959)
* L'Avventura / Odd Obsession (1960)
* Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
* The Trial of Joan of Arc / L'Eclisse (1962)
* Harakiri /  The Cassandra Cat (1963)
* Woman in the Dunes (1964)
* Kwaidan (1965)
* Alfie (1966)
* Z (1969)
* The Falcons / The Strawberry Statement (1970)
* Love / Joe Hill (1971)
* Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
* The Hourglass Sanatorium / The Invitation (1973)

1980–2000|

* The Constant Factor (1980)
* Kharij (1983)
* Colonel Redl (1985)
* Thérèse (1986)
* Yeelen / Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
* A Short Film About Killing (1988)
* Jesus of Montreal (1989)
* Hidden Agenda (1990)
* Europa / Out of Life (1991)
* Dream of Light / An Independent Life (1992)
* The Puppetmaster / Raining Stones (1993)
* La Reine Margot (1994)
* Don't Forget You're Going to Die / Carrington (1995)
* Crash (1996)
* Western (1997)
* Class Trip / Festen (1998)
* The Letter (1999)
* Blackboards / Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2002–present|

* Divine Intervention (2002)
* At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
* Tropical Malady (2004)
* Shanghai Dreams (2005)
* Red Road (2006)
* Persepolis / Silent Light (2007)
* Il Divo (2008)
* Thirst / Fish Tank (2009)
* A Screaming Man (2010)
* Polisse (2011)
* The Angels' Share (2012)
* Like Father, Like Son (2013)
* Mommy / Goodbye to Language (2014)
* The Lobster (2015)
* American Honey (2016)
* Loveless (2017)
* Capernaum (2018)
* Bacurau / Les Misérables (2019)
* Ahed's Knee / Memoria (2021)
* EO / The Eight Mountains (2022)
* Fallen Leaves (2023)
* Emilia Pérez (2024)

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film

* Ariel (1990)
* The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
* Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
* The Story of Qiu Ju (1993)
* Three Colours: Red (1994)
* Wild Reeds (1995)
* La Cérémonie (1996)
* The Promise (1997)
* Taste of Cherry (1998)
* Autumn Tale (1999)
* No Award (2000)
* In the Mood for Love (2001)
* Y tu mamá también (2002)
* The Man Without a Past (2003)
* Moolaadé (2004)
* Head-On (2005)
* No Award (2006)
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
* No Award (2008)
* Summer Hours (2009)
* Carlos (2010)
* A Separation (2011)
* No Award (2012)
* Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
* No Award (2014)
* Timbuktu (2015)
* Toni Erdmann (2016)
* Graduation (2017)
* Roma (2018)
* No Award (2019)
* Collective (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* EO (2022)
* Fallen Leaves (2023)
* All We Imagine as Light (2024)

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Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

* City of God (2003)
* Hero (2004)
* The World (2005)
* L'Enfant (2006)
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
* Let the Right One In (2008)
* The White Ribbon (2009)
* Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
* Mysteries of Lisbon (2011)
* Amour (2012)
* A Touch of Sin (2013)
* Force Majeure (2014)
* Phoenix (2015)
* Toni Erdmann (2016)
* The Square (2017)
* Burning (2018)
* Parasite (2019)
* Bacurau (2020)
* Drive My Car (2021)
* Saint Omer (2022)
* Fallen Leaves (2023)
* All We Imagine as Light (2024)

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Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

* The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
* Flame Top (1980)
* Sign of the Beast (1981)
* Pessi and Illusia (1984)
* The Unknown Soldier (1986)
* The Snow Queen (1987)
* The Winter War (1990)
* Ripa Hits the Skids (1994)
* The Last Wedding (1995)
* Drifting Clouds (1996)
* The Collector (1997)
* A Summer by the River (1998)
* The Tough Ones (1999)
* Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000)
* The River (2001)
* The Man Without a Past (2002)
* Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)
* Producing Adults (2004)
* Mother of Mine (2005)
* Lights in the Dusk (2006)
* A Man's Work (2007)
* The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
* Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
* Steam of Life (2010)
* Le Havre (2011)
* Purge (2012)
* Disciple (2013)
* Concrete Night (2014)
* The Fencer (2015)
* The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
* Tom of Finland (2017)
* Euthanizer (2018)
* Stupid Young Heart (2019)
* Tove (2020)
* Compartment No. 6 (2021)
* Girl Picture (2022)
* Fallen Leaves (2023)
* Family Time (2024)

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