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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] |
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.
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.
- ^ "Le Havre (2011) - Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 114. ISBN 978-1908215017.
- ^ Svanbäck, Andrea (24 May 2011). "'Som tur finns alltid gårdagen'". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.