A crowd favourite at Cannes, this enchanting comedy sees an entire town come together to help a lost immigrant boy.
Famous Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki is in top form with this deadpan comedy set in the French port-town of Le Havre, where kindly shoeshine man Marcel witnesses a young illegal immigrant escaping from police. In an act of kindness Marcel decides to take the boy in but when his wife is taken ill and the law starts to ask questions, Marcel's resolve is threatened. Played almost like a comic-strip cartoon, Kaurismaki's latest film is a contemporary and charming fairytale.
Writer/Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Producer: Aki Kaurismaki
Cast: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Trailer courtesy of SHARMILL FILMS
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See it at The Canberra International FIlm Festival 2011
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