"Fallen Leaves"

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki makes a masterful return with this film, 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’s typically 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. Finnish with English subtitles. Not rated.