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DramaComedy

Le Havre

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In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.

Release Date : 2011-09-08

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Pyramide ProductionsSputnikPandora FilmARTE France CinémaZDF/Arte

Production Country : FinlandFranceGermany

Alternative Titles :

Cast

André Wilms

Character Name : Marcel Marx

Original Name : André Wilms

Gender : Male

Kati Outinen

Character Name : Arletty

Original Name : Kati Outinen

Gender : Female

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Character Name : Monet

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Gender : Male

Blondin Miguel

Character Name : Idrissa

Original Name : Blondin Miguel

Gender : Male

Elina Salo

Character Name : Claire

Original Name : Elina Salo

Gender : Female

Evelyne Didi

Character Name : Yvette

Original Name : Evelyne Didi

Gender : Female

Quoc Dung Nguyen

Character Name : Chang

Original Name : Quoc Dung Nguyen

Gender : Male

François Monnié

Character Name : Greengrocer

Original Name : François Monnié

Gender : Male

Roberto Piazza

Character Name : Little Bob

Original Name : Roberto Piazza

Gender : Male

Pierre Étaix

Character Name : Dr. Becker

Original Name : Pierre Étaix

Gender : Male

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Character Name : The Whistleblower

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Léaud

Gender : Male

Vincent Lebodo

Character Name : Francis

Original Name : Vincent Lebodo

Gender : Male

Umban U'kset

Character Name : Mahamat

Original Name : Umban U'kset

Gender : Male

Patrick Bonnel

Character Name : Detention Centre Manager

Original Name : Patrick Bonnel

Gender : Male

Ilkka Koivula

Character Name : The Italian

Original Name : Ilkka Koivula

Gender : Male

Myriam "Mimie" Piazza

Character Name : Mimie

Original Name : Myriam "Mimie" Piazza

Gender : Female

Luce Vigo

Character Name : Sandwich Vendor

Original Name : Luce Vigo

Gender : Female

Valérie Caron

Character Name : Greengrocer's Wife

Original Name : Valérie Caron

Gender : Female

Jérôme Boyer

Character Name : Border Police

Original Name : Jérôme Boyer

Gender : Male

Jean-Luc Guion-Firmin

Character Name : Calais Refugee

Original Name : Jean-Luc Guion-Firmin

Gender : Male

Pierre Morineau

Character Name : Container Park Night Guard

Original Name : Pierre Morineau

Gender : Male

Johann Rioux

Character Name : CRS Commander

Original Name : Johann Rioux

Gender : Male

Julien Flematti

Character Name : Trigger-happy CRS Guard

Original Name : Julien Flematti

Gender : Male

Éric Duteil

Character Name : Medic

Original Name : Éric Duteil

Gender : Male

Corinne Belet

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Corinne Belet

Gender : Female

Dominique Lepagne

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Dominique Lepagne

Gender : Female

Anne Lizy

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Anne Lizy

Gender : Female

Pierre Richards

Character Name : Dock Worker

Original Name : Pierre Richards

Gender : Male

Loïc Jamet

Character Name : Dock Worker 2

Original Name : Loïc Jamet

Gender : Male

Nico Garotin

Character Name : Band Member

Original Name : Nico Garotin

Gender : Male

Bertrand Couloume

Character Name : Band Member

Original Name : Bertrand Couloume

Gender : Male

Nicolas Noël

Character Name : Band Member

Original Name : Nicolas Noël

Gender : Male

Gilles Mallet

Character Name : Band Member

Original Name : Gilles Mallet

Gender : Male

Gilles Adam

Character Name : "La Moderne" Regular / Prefect of Police (voice)

Original Name : Gilles Adam

Gender : Male

Patrick Leboucher

Character Name : "La Moderne" Regular

Original Name : Patrick Leboucher

Gender : Male

Michel Lacaille

Character Name : "La Moderne" Regular

Original Name : Michel Lacaille

Gender : Male

Stéphane Livonnen

Character Name : "La Moderne" Regular

Original Name : Stéphane Livonnen

Gender : Male

Arnaud Clément

Character Name : "La Moderne" Customer

Original Name : Arnaud Clément

Gender : Male

Dominique Comont

Character Name : "La Moderne" Customer

Original Name : Dominique Comont

Gender : Male

Alain Guillot

Character Name : "La Moderne" Customer

Original Name : Alain Guillot

Gender : Male

Philippe Hubschwerlin

Character Name : "La Moderne" Customer

Original Name : Philippe Hubschwerlin

Gender : Male

Franck Durand

Character Name : "La Moderne" Customer

Original Name : Franck Durand

Gender : Male

Christian Amyard

Character Name : Docker

Original Name : Christian Amyard

Gender : Male

Rudy Amyard

Character Name : Docker

Original Name : Rudy Amyard

Gender : Male

Brice Augé

Character Name : Docker

Original Name : Brice Augé

Gender : Male

Lucas Loubaresse

Character Name : Assassin

Original Name : Lucas Loubaresse

Gender : Male

Ireneusz (Irek) Spiewak

Character Name : Assassin

Original Name : Ireneusz (Irek) Spiewak

Gender : Male

Gilles Charmant

Character Name : Shoe Shop Manager

Original Name : Gilles Charmant

Gender : Male

Mary Berkelmans

Character Name : Housewife

Original Name : Mary Berkelmans

Gender : Female

Seluna Lemercier

Character Name : Housewife

Original Name : Seluna Lemercier

Gender : Female

Fanette Martinie

Character Name : Housewife

Original Name : Fanette Martinie

Gender : Female

Rémi Pradinas

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Rémi Pradinas

Gender : Male

Stéphane Parthenay

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Stéphane Parthenay

Gender : Male

Alain Chapelain

Character Name : Accordionist

Original Name : Alain Chapelain

Gender : Male

Rachid Bessal

Character Name : Calais Refugee

Original Name : Rachid Bessal

Gender : Male

Oumar Ly

Character Name : Calais Refugee

Original Name : Oumar Ly

Gender : Male

Emmanuel Ingweiller

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Emmanuel Ingweiller

Gender : Male

Matthieu Hébert

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Matthieu Hébert

Gender : Male

Frank Atinault

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Frank Atinault

Gender : Male

Dominique Mare

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Dominique Mare

Gender : Male

Brice Niel

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Brice Niel

Gender : Male

Alban Rutten

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Alban Rutten

Gender : Male

Franck Rutten

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : Franck Rutten

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

Simple story, well and gently told in Kaurismäki's characteristic style.

C

CRCulver

@CRCulver

2021-06-23

In the 2011 production LE HAVRE, the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki steps away from his usual Helsinki setting for the first in what will be a trilogy of films in Western European port cities. Always rooting for the underdogs, Kaurismäki this time concentrates not just on the disenfranchised urban lower class, but on a socioeconomic strata arguably lower than them: illegal immigrants. Middle-aged shoeshiner Marcel (André Wilms), who lives in a run-down neighbourhood with loving wife Arletty (Kati Outinen) meets Idrissa (Blondin Miguel), a child who has found his way from Gabon to France inside a shipping container. Marcel decides to shelter the boy and see him on to England, his intended destination, but detective Monet (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) is on their heels. In spite of the French setting, this remains a very Finnish film in its sparse dialogue and deadpan humour. Kaurismäki yet again uses a very drab colour scheme and sets the film ostensibly in the present, but with cars, radios and rock music dating from the 1950s. Like nearly every film he has made, there is a musical performance by an oldies rock 'n' roll band, complete with pompadours and leather jackets. This is getting appallingly repetitive. Basically, if you've seen any two previous Kaurismäki films, then you'll find almost nothing new in the aesthetic and even the plot. That said, this is a more life-affirming film than his last, the absolutely bleak LÄHIKAUPINGIN VALOT of 2006. Kaurismäki is clearly concerned with the plight of those who would escape sub-Saharan Africa by any means necessary, and this leads the viewer to reflection, but his exposé of detention centres and police harrassment becomes heavy-handed at times.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-10-16

When a dockworker hears some strange noises emanating from a box recently arrived from Gabon, he's maybe not so surprised to discover that it's cargo is human - and bound for London. Detained by the immigration officials, the young and nimble "Idrissa" (Blondin Miguel) manages to evade his captors and whilst in flight encounters the slightly down-at-heel "Marcel" (André Wilms). The older man takes pity on this nervous new arrival and takes him into his home whilst they decide what's best to do next. It's a small town community and pretty quickly just about everyone at the local pub knows who and where the youngster is, but instead of turning him in, they decide that maybe they can help him. He's no thief, nor malcontent - just a young man bewildered and personable. As "Marcel" begins to learn a little more of his new charge, he determines to try and help him make it to the UK - but with a grudging fifth-columnist amongst their friends and the determined "Insp. Monet" (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) on his trail, things are not going to be a simple case of jumping onto the Eurostar. "Marcel" has other emotional fish to fry, too, as his ailing wife languishes in an hospital facing a prognosis that we, the audience, appreciate but he does not, as yet, know. Choices have to be made and priorities established for everyone as time and circumstances close in. I found there to be a strong and effective dynamic between Wilms and the young Miguel here, and the sparing script allows the characters to breathe and us to observe their respective, and ultimately conjoined, predicaments as the lad struggles without any real roots. At times it has a slightly documentary-style look to it, which adds a little authenticity to the investigative aspects of the drama - a policeman who does his job efficiently, but does he relish it? It packs quite a bit of food for thought into ninety minutes, and does ask us a few questions about our own attitudes - "There but for the grace of God" sort of things. It doesn't attempt to deliver much by way of the relative merits of illegal immigration nor of heinous people trafficking, per se, but again we are presented with a canvas that's drawn by just about everyone - friend and foe - but not much by the young man himself.