Fallen Leaves

Kuolleet lehdet (2023)

Timing: 1:21 (81 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2023-09-14

Country

Finland, Germany

Production

Pandora Film, Bufo, Sputnik

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$1 480 000

Revenue

$6 629 300

Website

https://www.the-match-factory.com/catalogue/films/fallen-leaves.html

Director

Aki Kaurismäki

Actors

Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Mia Snellman, Mikko Mykkänen, Sherwan Haji, Karar Al-Bazoon, Toni Buckman, Mika Nikander
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Scenario

Aki Kaurismäki

Producer

Aki Kaurismäki

Operator

Timo Salminen

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Samu Heikkilä
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• Actress Alma Pöysti, who played the lead role, said in an interview that the dog belonging to her character actually belonged to director Aki Kaurismäki, and that the dog's name was also Alma. The actress praised the dog's behavior in the scenes.
• The characters of Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen are watching Jim Jarmusch's film "The Dead Don't Die" (2019) in a cinema. According to Jarmusch, he was deeply impressed by Kaurismäki's 1989 musical comedy "Leningrad Cowboys Go America." Part of the plot of Jarmusch's own comedy "Night on Earth" (1991) takes place in Finland, and in this film Jarmusch directed actors with whom Kaurismäki regularly works.
• The scene in which Alma Pöysti and Nuppu Koivu's characters drink colorful cocktails takes place in a bar called "Buenos Aires" (as indicated by the sign shown at the beginning of the scene). Such a bar actually exists, and its owner is Aki Kaurismäki.
• The characters of Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen are watching Jim Jarmusch's film "The Dead Don't Die" (2019) in a cinema. According to Jarmusch, he was greatly impressed by Kaurismäki's 1989 musical comedy "Leningrad Cowboys Go America." Part of the plot of Jarmusch's own comedy "Night on Earth" (1991) unfolds in Finland, and in this film Jarmusch directed actors with whom Kaurismäki regularly works.
• The scene in which Alma Pöysti and Nuppu Koivu drink colorful cocktails takes place in a bar called "Buenos Aires" (as indicated by the sign shown at the beginning of the scene). Such a bar actually exists, and its owner is Aki Kaurismäki.