Le Havre (film)
Le Havre is a 2011 comedydrama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismki, starring Andr Wilms, Kati Outinen, JeanPierre Darroussin and Blondin Miguel. It tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the French port city Le Havre. The film was produced by Kaurismkis Finnish company Sputnik with international coproducers in France and Germany. It is Kaurismkis second Frenchlanguage film, after La Vie de Bohme from 1992.
Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcels path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa. Marcel and friendly neighbors and other townspeople help to hide him from the police. The police inspector may, or may not, be hot on their heels.Kaurismki had the idea of a film about an African child who arrives in Europe three years before the production started. His original intention was to set the story on the Mediterranean coast, preferably in Italy or Spain, but he had difficulties finding a suitable city. According to Kaurismki, he drove through the whole seafront from Genoa to Holland, and eventually settled on Le Havre in northern France, which attracted him with its atmosphere and music scene. ........
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