72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Le Havre

Aki Kaurismäki
Finland-France-Germany
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Marcel Marx, an author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated into a voluntary exile in the city of Le Havre, where he feels closer to people by serving them in the honourable, but not too profitable occupation of shoe-shiner. He has buried his dreams of literary success and lives happily within the triangle of his favourite bar, his work, and his wife Arletty. But fate suddenly crosses his footsteps with those of an underage immigrant refugee from Africa. When Arletty falls ill, Marcel has no choice but to draw himself up to his full height anew against the cold wall of human indifference, armed with nothing but his optimism and the unwavering solidarity of the locals from his district.
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay
Aki Kaurismäki
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Aki Kaurismäki Museokatu 13 A, 00100 Helsinki Tel 35 8687 7100 Fax 35 8968 7710 10 sputnik@sputnik.fi
Photography
Timo Salminen
Edition
Timo Linnasalo
Cast
André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel, Elina Salo
Running Time
93 m.
Country
Finland-France-Germany
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