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From Shadows in Paradise to Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki’s films show ordinary Finns in minimalist, near-timeless settings. But they’re also a response to changes in working-class life since the 1980s, as consumerist values edge out Finland’s social model.
As his first film in six years, Fallen Leaves, touches down in cinemas, we plot a beginner’s path through the beguilingly bleak and droll universe of Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki.