Le Havre (film)
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Le Havre (lit. 'The Haven') is a 2011 comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre 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.[2] The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik with international co-producers in France and Germany. It is Kaurismäki's second French-language film, after La Vie de Bohème from 1992.
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Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
Edited by | Timo Linnasalo |
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Distributed by | Future Film Distribution |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
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Language | French |
Budget | € 3.8 million |
Box office | $12,944,958[1] |
The film premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the FIPRESCI Prize. Kaurismäki envisions it as the first installment in a trilogy about life in port cities. His ambition was to make follow-ups set in Spain and Germany, shot in the local languages.[3] However, his next film The Other Side of Hope is set in Helsinki.