Fallen Leaves - DVD

Fallen Leaves (2023, NR, 1h 21m) Stars Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen Director Aki Kaurismäki Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with FALLEN LEAVES, a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely souls’ path to happiness – and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. Set in contemporary Helsinki, and shot through with Kaurismäki’stypically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema’s living legends. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. InchBeguiling and delightful... Fills you with a feelgood glowInch – The Guardian

This DVD was recirded live at the Shaftebury Theatre in London in 1996. Extras include BBC documentary, audio commentary, trivia track, photo gallery, and bleeped audio track.

Henry Graham (Walter Matthau) is a man with a problem he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry (a deliciously mean-spirited James Coco), refuses to give him a dime, so Henry devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler (George Rose) to make his money the old-fashioned way he can marry it. But he cannot see himself as a happily married man, so he comes up with an even more devious solution with a temporary loan from his uncle, Henry has six weeks to find a bride and repay the loan; otherwise he must forfeit all his property to his uncle. Henry finally meets his dearly beloved, a clumsy, painfully shy heiress Henrietta Lowell (played by the films writer/director Elaine May). The answer to his prayers - if only he can overcome the obstacles placed in his path by his uncle and Henriettas Lawyer (Jack Weston).