Fallen Leaves: Sunday, January 14
Admission $5
Showings @ 2pm and 5pm
Tribute to Camp Bacon at 3:40, following 2:00 showing (Camp was co-founder and President Emeritus of the Macon Film Guild, which would not have existed without him. He passed away December 19)
Comedy-Drama, Finnish, 1 hour 21 minutes
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Fallen Leaves tells the story of two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet each other by chance on a Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this is clouded by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking their happiness. This gentle tragicomedy is the fourth part of Aki Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl).
Nominated for two Golden Globes and named “best film of 2023” by Time magazine lead critic Stephanie Zacharek.
“The most consistent filmmaker working today might be Aki Kaurismäki, the Finnish master who produces a soft-spoken and mordant comedy every six years or so and never, ever misses the mark. Even by his high standards, Fallen Leaves is close to perfect.” — The Atlantic”
“An unexpected crowd-pleaser from a minimalist master.” — Toronto Star
Douglass Theatre
355 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Macon, Georgia 31201
Films are presented the second Sunday of each month at 2pm and 5pm, with a discussion following the 2pm show. Documentaries are quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Tickets are $5.00 at the Douglass Theatre in downtown Macon.