MUBI has acquired Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves” for main markets together with North America following its well-received debut in Cannes.
The indie streamer and distributor additionally picked up the film for the U.Okay., Eire, Latin America and Turkey.
The competitors title from the Finnish auteur had quite a few bidders following its world premiere on Monday. MUBI will launch the movie theatrically, with particular launch plans to be introduced sooner or later.
The movie, which carries Kaurismäki’s signature deadpan supply and comedian one-liners, tells the story of two lonely folks (performed by Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet one another by likelihood within the Helsinki evening and attempt to discover love. Nevertheless, getting collectively proves difficult given the non-public vices they need to first overcome. The tragicomedy is the fourth a part of Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy. Earlier instalments embody “Shadows in Paradise,” “Ariel” and “The Match Manufacturing facility Woman.”
“Fallen Leaves” is the twentieth movie from the director, who beforehand gained the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for his movie “The Man With out A Previous,” which went on to be nominated for one of the best worldwide function Oscar in 2003.
In Selection’s measured assessment of the movie, critic Owen Gleiberman writes: “Within the age of fragmentation, [Kaurismäki’s] movies which have by no means modified are like time-machine journeys again to the quirky gusto of the ’90s, when even an indie trifle dipped in Nordic despair might ripple, beneath all of it, with optimism.”
The pic was produced by Sputnik Oy and Bufo and co-produced by Pandora Movie. Alongside Pöysti and Vatanen, the forged additionally contains Janne Hyytiäinen and Nuppu Koivu. Financing got here from the Finnish Movie Basis, Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Firm, ZDF/ARTE, ARTE G.E.I.E, Filmförderungsanstalt, and Movie-und Medienstiftung NRW.
The acquisition marks one other deal for MUBI out of Cannes, the place the market has been in any other case slow-going. The corporate revealed that it’s picked up Un Sure Regard title “The Settlers” for North America and the U.Okay. As revealed by Selection, it’s additionally among the many ultimate bidders for Wim Wenders’ “Good Days,” which premieres in competitors on Thursday. Earlier than the competition, MUBI got here on board for an all-rights deal on Molly Manning Walker’s “Easy methods to Have Intercourse.”
The Match Manufacturing facility, which is owned by MUBI, is dealing with worldwide gross sales for “Fallen Leaves.”
