CFF23 WEB

FALLEN LEAVES
KUOLLEET LEHDET
FINLAND &GERMANY 2023 81 MINS
Finnish with English subtitles
CFF
15
DIRECTOR Aki Kaurismäki
WITH Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen
Ansa (Alma Pöysti) is a shelf stacker who is fired for stealing
an expiring sandwich and Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) is a
construction worker with a drinking problem. When their
awkward encounter at a karaoke bar ends with a telephone
number exchange, a tragically beautiful gust of wind sweeps
the little piece of paper out of Holappa’s hands. If it’s fate,
they’ll meet again. Finnish maestro Aki Kaurismäki remains
true to himself with this absurdist, warm-hearted melodrama.
The film is ultimately a fated love story between two workers
who can’t keep a job in Helsinki’s dwindling manual labour
market. Fallen Leaves is a tribute to Leo McCarey’s 1957 film An
Affair to Remember, with a nod to Jim Jarmusch’s zombie film
The Dead Don’t Die (2019).
PRINT SOURCE MUBI
SAT
21
19:35
THU
26
19:00
GIRL
CFF
15
UK 2023 87 MINS
DIRECTOR Adura Onashile
WITH Déborah Lukumuena, Danny Sapani, Le’shantey
Bonsu, Liana Turner
Eleven-year-old Ama (Le’shantey Bonsu) and her mother,
24-year-old Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), have built
themselves an intimate but isolated world in which to exist
in Scotland. However, on the precipice of teenagehood, will
Ama’s hope for more freedom unravel their bond? Awardwinning
Glasgow-based artist Adura Onashile creates a striking
portrait of a mother reconciling with her past, the realities of
immigration, and finding unconditional love at the core.
PRINT SOURCE Studio Soho Distribution
SAT
21
16:15
WED
25
20:15
Adura Onashile makes
a promising feature-length
debut.
GUY LODGE
VARIETY
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