Le Havre

Le Havre

  • Director: Aki Kaurismäki
  • Countries of origin: Finland, France, Germany
  • Language: French
  • Release date: September 8, 2011
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: El puerto
  • "Harbour of Warm Heart" is a feature film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Andre Wilms and Katie Otining. It was released in Finland on November 9, 2011.
    The film is set in the French port city of Wenxin Harbor, and tells the story of Marcel, a shoe shiner, who helps an illegal immigrant child find his mother under difficult circumstances   . In 2011, the film won the Fabisi Award at the 64th Cannes Film Festival   .

    Details

    • Release date September 8, 2011
    • Filming locations Gare SNCF, 12 rue Magellan, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
    • Production companies Sputnik, Pyramide Productions, Pandora Filmproduktion

    Box office

    Budget

    €3,850,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $611,709

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $26,363

    Gross worldwide

    $12,959,706

    Movie reviews

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    • By Abigayle 2022-04-02 09:01:16

      The feeling of sympathy

      The old man and his wife have the kind of sympathy. They buy the most expensive flowers and worry about her like a child. The wife is afraid of her husband and asks the doctor to help her hide her illness. To an unfamiliar black child, whether it is an old man or a neighbor or even a policeman, walking hand in hand, thank you for the happy ending. The ending will get better. The old man was a happy shoe shiner and lived a life that was the opposite of the romantic and irregular life before....

    • By Doug 2022-04-02 09:01:16

      Warm Heart Harbor (Le Havre, 2011)

      1. There are often novels adapted into movies, but Aki's movies are reversed. Watching his movies, it is always easy to translate the pictures into words. He intentionally maintained the story, requiring actors to behave like props in order to keep a distance from the reality of life, and even intentionally made the film a myth full of miracles, condensing people's highest aspirations and spiritual ideals, perhaps, in his In the concept of , reality is inherently filthy, so it needs to be...

    • By Kellie 2022-04-02 09:01:16

      Weak movie review

      It was recommended on the afternoon of January 15th in the nasty state, nasty weather, nasty afternoon of being alone

      I was initially attracted because the tones were as beautiful as oil paintings

      Seriously old but decent life attracts me

      There are not many golden sentences, but everything is silent

      Hate long-winded commentary dramatization

      After watching it my mood is like everything inside

      humble protagonists

      Not rich but occasionally funny

      I...

    • By Isai 2022-04-02 09:01:16

      [Last Film I Watched] Le Havre (2011)

      Title: Le Havre

      Year: 2011

      Country: Finland, France, Germany

      Language: French

      Genre: Comedy, Drama

      Director/Writer: Aki Kaurismäki

      Cinematography: Timo Salminen

      Cast:

      André Wilms

      Kati Outinen

      Jean-Pierre Darroussin

      Elina Salo

      Blondin Miguel

      Evelyne Didi

      Quoc Dung Nguyen

      François Monnié

      Jean-Pierre Léaud

      Little Bob

      Pierre Etaix

      Umban U'kset

      Ilkka Koivula

      Rating:...

    • By Rosella 2022-04-01 09:01:19

      Making money in a globalized world seems good, but the unwanted always follows

      Who says the younger generation is more prone to new trends, and the older generation is always conservative? Globalization and foreigners are new, but they are not always found favorable. The two European films thematise the African illegal immigrants, but in opposite moods. Yet both films show that the elderly are more hospitable to foreigners than the younger generation, even though those foreigners are the unwelcome groups in society. Terraferma was situated in an island in Italy. The old...

    User comments

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    • By Boris 2022-04-05 09:01:07

      There are a few shots that are super cut, but I like...

    • By Jarrell 2022-04-04 09:01:08

      minimalist nostalgic humorous...

    • By Delpha 2022-04-04 09:01:08

      The film chooses a port city as the place where the story takes place. The theme of "wandering" is self-evident, but the director provides hope for the audience with kind and almost stubborn characters and a fairytale-like story. Even the usual blue-gray tones, minimal dialogue, and dilapidated furniture do not bring any sadness. The light of humanity reflected from the little characters in the film conveys endless kindness, which makes people feel extremely...

    • By Ibrahim 2022-04-04 09:01:08

      The heart was so warm that it blossomed, and in the end, the wife was quite warm and romantic as the finishing touch. The small story and the small pattern are worthy of being a film...

    • By Alisha 2022-04-04 09:01:08

      Good retro, from the lighting to the rhythm, it's completely a 1960s...

    Movie plot

    Marcel (Andre Wilmes) is a writer known for his bohemianism. He went to the port city of Wenxin Harbor to live in seclusion and became a shoe shiner. The noble but poorly paid job made him feel closer to the masses. Just as he gave up his career as a writer and was content to enjoy the simple life of a nearby restaurant, a shoe-shine stand, and his wife, Alti, fate pushed an immigrant child from Africa to him. At the same time, his...
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    Background creation

    Before the film went into production, director Aki Kaurismäki had the idea to make a film about African children living in Europe. Aki Kaurismäki originally wanted to set the location of the film in Marseille or a port city in Spain and Portugal. But when he discovered Wenxin Harbor, he decided to shoot the film there. Aki Kaurismäki thinks that Wenxin Harbor is not only suitable for the filming of the film, but it is also appropriate...
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    Evaluation action

    "Wenxin Harbor" outlines the twists and turns of the characters' fate with concise and solemn audition language   . The film interprets the topic of "immigration" into a political fairy tale, and cleverly switches between presenting French social reality and "retro" film style   . The film inherits the director's consistent humorous style, and the black, blunt and cold humorous comedy has a remarkable effect. The mix of various types...
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    Movie quotes

    • Marcel Marx: L'argent circule au crepuscule.