HavreDirected by Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by Pyramide Productions
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 33 min
French release : 21/12/2011
Production year : 2010
DirectorActorsSynopsisMarcel Marx, a former author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated into voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre. Here he pursues the honorable, but not so profitable, occupation of shoeshiner; he feels closer to people by being at their service. He has buried his dreams of a literary breakthrough and lives happily within the triangle of his favourite bar, his work, and his wife Arletty, when fate suddenly throws in his path an underage illegal immigrant from Africa.
At the same time, Arletty also falls seriously ill and is hospitalized. Marcel must once more rise against the cold wall of human indifference, his innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of the people in his neighbourhood his only weapons. But the whole blind machinery of the Western state stands in his path, represented by the police, whose net is drawing closer and closer around the refugee boy.
It's time for Marcel to polish his shoes and bare his teeth. Videos   Le Havre (TRAILER)Production photos (8)
Posters gallery (13)Press book (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Pyramide Productions
Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
Foreign production company : Sputnik, Pandora Film
Film export/Foreign Sales : The Match Factory
French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Fabienne Vonier
Assistant Director : Gilles Charmant
Line Producers : Stéphane Parthenay, Hanna Hemilä
Screenwriter : Aki Kaurismäki
Foreign Producer : Reinhard Brundig
Director of Photography : Timo Salminen
Sound Recordist : Tero Malmberg
Production Managers : Rémi Pradinas, Mark Lwoff
Press Attaché (film) : Eva Simonet
Editor : Timo Linnasalo
Production Designer : Wouter Zoon
Casting : Gilles Charmant
Costume Designer : Frédéric Cambier
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : French, Finnish
Nationality : Minority French (Finland, France, Germany)
Production year : 2010
French release : 21/12/2011
Runtime : 1 h 33 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 124.875
Visa issue date : 16/11/2011
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby SRD
Official website : www.pyramidefilms.com
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