Blue grocery stores, red bakeries, cute and comfortable bistros, simple and old homes, narrow and clean alleys... The film "Le Havre ( Le Havre in "Le Havre)" is so simple and concise that it does not look like the second largest city in Normandy, France, but rather a quiet and peaceful old town. It works as it should, and the streetscape atmosphere of this style is exactly what Kaurismaki's minimalist video style needs, and the two achieve a subtle and sincere combination in the return to nature's light walk, making everything seem calm and appropriate.
The film is the most heartwarming of Aki Kaurismaki's works, everyone in the film has a beautiful and noble heart, and the ending that transcends the pathological routine is also like a sweet gift, or Said to be a reward for kindness. However, apart from this warm and infinite poeticization, the film still has the outstanding characteristics of Kaurismaki's films: the dialogue is refined, the rhythm is soothing, there is black humor from time to time, the narrative has no extra branches, and the expressions of the characters are even more single. Sometimes it can even be said to be a stagnant state, such as the facial expression of the director's "Queen" heroine Katie Otining, which is always so "mourned", but it is rare that this dull expression can also show a rich heart play.
This film, like other works of Kaurismaki, involves social issues, still pays attention to the lives of the underclass, and still depicts their simple, pure and innocent nature, but this time, Aki Kaurismaki, a genius in the Finnish film industry Instead of adopting the usual tone of pessimism, struggle, helplessness and even ridicule, he seems to have recuperated in the past few years when he originally planned to retire, and found another need in his heart, so as to express those human nature and conscience more clearly and full of them. A blaring warmth.
The film involves sensitive topics such as illegal immigration, but it does not let the opposing sides fight each other in the story. Akey uses another light humanistic tone to solve this problem. In the end, the cold-faced police detective in black trench coat helps, even more. Push warmth and kindness silently to the breaking point. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: "Everything you do for children should be a measure of the morality of society." The actions of those in the film reveal the moral standards they uphold.
Except for the black boy who smuggled in, the other people in the film are all middle-aged and elderly. Their lives are regular and lonely, and some are very poor, such as the protagonist. Shoeshine is not a means of earning a living, but in their ordinary little life They may be down and out, they may be lonely, or they may stick to the original world, but they are happy and peaceful, they do not reject new people and things from outside, and they have a heart that pursues truth, goodness and beauty.
There is no lack of powerful rock music in the film, but it is still the old rock music of the 1950s and 1960s that the director loves. At the fund-raising concert to send the little boy to London to find his mother, the windy singing will be called "Little Boy". "Bob", although there is a "little" in his name, he is already a very old guy. The picture of him wearing a cool outfit and singing, lasted for a long time, making the audience realize the old saying, "Rock and roll" It's a kind of spirit." And, the wrinkled little bob still sees love as the source of his music, the love between him and his elderly wife that drives him to sing. Not only singing, but life also needs love and motivation, and it gets stronger over time.
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