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‘Fallen Leaves’ Stars Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen Talk ‘Sensei of One-Liners’ Aki Kaurismäki

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Marta Balaga Finnish actors Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen have been making names for each other for a while now. But playing leads in Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film, “Fallen Leaves,” was a whole different story. “He has always been that household name, even when I was growing up on a farm in the 1980s, kicking a ball against our cowhouse.

It’s crazy that now, we are here together. Also, he is really just a regular guy. Funny and he actually talks a lot,” Vatanen tells Variety in Cannes.

A household name himself thanks to the “Lapland Odyssey” franchise, he has been exploring dramatic roles in “Forest Giant” or “The Man Who Died.” “As a Finn, you are very, very familiar with his style.

We have seen all his movies and it’s just in our blood, I guess. I actually thought that [entering this universe] was quite easy.” Pöysti, celebrated for her turn in biopic “Tove” and “Four Little Adults,” adds: “It’s also beautiful to work with an old-school director, to work on film, surrounded by a team that has been together for 40 years.

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