It tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the french port city le havre. Marcel marx andre wilms has retired from an artistic career in paris and moved to le havre with his beloved wife arletty kati outinen. Marx a depuis quitte paris et sest installe au havre avec son epouse. Sommaire 1 synopsis 2 fiche technique 3 autour du film 4 distribution 5. Le havre 2011, finlande, france, allemagne, 90 minutes. Le havre depicts a more specific situation, one instance of socalled illegal immigration that can stand in for the experiences of multitudes across the globe. The police find a container filled with them, and a young boy slips under their arms and runs away. Film is presented in french with english subtitles. Le havre, named for the industrial port city in northern france where it takes place, is a tale of lowerdepths solidarity, a stylized and. Monet devient donc lelement dune dramaturgie simplifiee. It presents a french contemporary setting completely. W hat would it take to become so moved by the plight of anothersomeone whose background and circumstances were radically different from your ownthat you rearranged your life in order to offer that person succor, even at great risk to yourself. Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. Keywords aki kaurismaki, auteur, film analysis, film studies, finland, le havre, semiotics.
It has many of the qualities of a japanese master like mizoguchi, but if he had emigrated to a small french port and had been forced to make working class comedies. This is idrissa blondin miguel, from gabon, solemn, shy, appealing. Le havre is possibly kaurismakis most accessible film. 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. Oct 21, 2011 le havre, named for the industrial port city in northern france where it takes place, is a tale of lowerdepths solidarity, a stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing le havre near you. Le havre is also a love letter to france, in particular to a halfimaginary, half vanished realm of proletarian frenchness incarnated in the films. It is a wellknown harbour town on the northern coast of france. The movie is set in the port city of le havre, maybe summoning a distant ghost of latalante, and it has a solid, oldfashioned look. Havre, overall, is a film that gives the viewer the choice to depend less on filmic tools but more on hisher own reading in the meaningmaking of the artefact.
It is unrealistic in this day and age to focus on the poor and the elderly, to lift up the basic goodness of people, to criticize the inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants, and to show how we are all. With andre wilms, blondin miguel, jeanpierre darroussin, kati outinen. Retrouvez les 302 critiques et avis pour le film le havre, realise par aki kaurismaki avec andre wilms, kati outinen, jeanpierre darroussin. In this warmhearted comic yarn from aki kaurismaki, fate throws the young african refugee idrissa blondin miguel into the path of marcel marx andre wilms, a kindly old bohemian who shines shoes for a living in the french harbor city le havre. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office at 26 red lion square london wc1r 4hq. It presents a french contemporary setting completely seasoned with nouvelle vague characters, from.
Le havre is located 50 kilometres 31 miles west of rouen on the shore of the english channel and at the mouth of the seine. Kaurismakis 16th feature concerns a young african refugee newcomer blondin miguel who is thrown by fate into the path of marcel marx andre wilms, a wellread bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. Du premier, le havre a les tendances lourdement edifiantes, dialogues poids lourd, et des seconds roles au c. Le havre is the most populous commune of upper normandy, although the total. Plage et centre ville puis vue panoramique du havre 0m59 1m15. With inborn optimism and the support of his tightknit community, marcel stands up to the officials doggedly pursuing the boy for. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. All european nations are grappling with how best to respond to human beings who wish, or need, to move. Here is the sunniest film ive seen by aki kaurismaki, and he reveals a lot of sunshine inside for a director whose world is usually filled with.
His latest movie, le havre, is the first in a trilogy of harbourset movies, the 54yearold filmmaker explains. It focuses on a shoe shiner called marcel marx whose wife contracts a seemingly terminal disease. Aki kaurismaki is as offbeat as always, but this immigrationthemed film gives him a new heartfelt urgency. Its also his first attempt at being overtly political as it. Le havre appartient a lensemble geologique du bassin parisien, forme a lere secondaire. Le havre is set much farther south, in the french port city where many of the cargoes are human. He houses and aids an immigrant child named idrissa whilst his wife is in hospital. Le havre is a 2011 comedydrama film produced, written, and directed by aki kaurismaki and starring andre wilms, kati outinen, jeanpierre darroussin and blondin miguel.
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