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Dead leaves premieres today on Finnish television.
Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film Dead Leaves (2023) garnered enormous praise not only in Finland but also internationally. Many respected film industry publications were sure that the film would compete for the best foreign film Oscar, but in the end the drama comedy starring Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen was left without a nomination.
Aki Kaurismäki was hardly saddened by the news.
“Nothing could interest me less than the Oscars or an Oscar nomination,” Kaurismäki acknowledged In an interview with Yle even before the premiere of his film.
“But since it seems to be a very significant award for some reason, I can’t refuse everything forever. That’s why I said, sure, we’re nominated if that’s what we want.”
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Yle Teema presents Koolleet lehtet today at 21:02. To the arena the movie was already added yesterday, and is available to watch until May 2026.
The Plot description of the film, which reached over 300,000 viewers in Finland, reads as follows:
“Dead leaves tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet each other by chance in the night of Helsinki, trying to find the first, only and last love of their lives. Their path towards this honorable goal is shadowed by a man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to put obstacles in the way of those seeking happiness.”
Source: muropaketti.com
