Le Havre (2011)
dir: Aki Kaurismäki
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home. (IMDb)
dir: Aki Kaurismäki
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home. (IMDb)
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Great picture. Extraordinary cinematography, great characters and non traditional narration. Wonderful scenography setup.
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Kaurismäki stalwart Kati Outinen, as the old man's silent and ailing wife, is the key to the movie, even though she appears only sporadically. Something in her timid, understanding and im... Read the review
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Le Havre is a small bit of movie magic, a story that plays more as a fable even as it deals with something as topical as immigration. Read the review
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The achievement of this movie is that Kaurismäki manages the seemingly impossible task of making a farce about farces. In other words, this is a very good movie in quotation marks and a v... Read the review
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Le Havre, offers the director's usual humour, pitch-perfect acting and compassionate message, with a Gallic twist that should win new converts. Read the review
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