Prix du Jury au Festival de Cannes 2023 et représentant de la Finlande dans la 96e Cérémonie des Oscars©.

Deux personnes solitaires se rencontrent par hasard une nuit à Helsinki et chacun tente de trouver en l’autre son premier, unique et dernier amour. Mais la vie a tendance à mettre des obstacles sur la route de ceux qui cherchent le bonheur.

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Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 and Finland's representative at the 96th Academy Awards.

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).