Fallen Leaves

Synopsis

Original Title: Kuolleet Lehdet

Ansa is a shelf-stacker who is fired over pocketing an expiring sandwich and Holappa is a construction worker on the sauce. 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. Fallen Leaves is 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.