2011 1h 34m Aki Kaurismäki

Le Havre

Name: Le Havre
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Made in Europe
Released: 2011
Rating: 7.2
Cast: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel

★ 7.2 IMDb

Drama Comedy Made in Europe

In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young African refugee pursued by the police for deportation.

Writer Aki Kaurismäki

Cast André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel

DP Timo Salminen

Production Designer Wouter Zoon

Music The Renegades

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Ironic Dream of Solidarity by Tereza Brdecková, FIPRESCI Port of Forgotten Dreams: Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre by Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope

On Aki Kaurismäki

Alone (Together) with the Music: Songs in the Films of Aki Kaurismäki by Robert Barry, MUBI Notebook

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