Fishguard Film Society – FALLEN LEAVES (12A)

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with this 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’s typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humour, 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.

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Mae’r gwneuthurwr ffilmiau arobryn Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) yn dychwelyd gyda stori gariad oesol a gobeithiol am lwybr dau enaid unig i hapusrwydd – a’r rhwystrau niferus y dônt ar eu traws ar hyd y ffordd. 

Wedi’i gosod yn ninas gyfoes Helsinki, ac wedi’i saethu gydag arddull nodweddiadol chwareus, hynod a digrif Kaurismäki, mae’r drasicomedi ramantus dyner hon yn ein hatgoffa o bwer syfrdanol ffilmiau a sinema. 

Enillydd Gwobr y Rheithgor yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Cannes 2023.