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Le Havre opens to audiences in Toronto on November 4
Aki Kaurismaki’s political fairy tale inspired from French cinema of the 1930’s wins big in Cannes
Originally Published: 2011-10-30
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Actors Blondin Miguel and Kati Outinen
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Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki’s acclaimed Cannes 2011 favourite and winner of that festival’s FIPRESCI Prize will open in Toronto on Friday, November 4th at TIFF Bell Lightbox. A political fairy tale that takes inspiration from the French cinema of the 1930s, Le Havre finds Kaurismäki working in France for the first time since his 1992 art house hit La Vie de Boheme.
In this warm-hearted portrait of the harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (newcomer Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms , Europa Europa), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. In addition to Wilms and Miguel, Le Havre stars Kati Outinen (The Man Without a Past) and Jean-Pierre Darroussin (A Very Long Engagement). Le Havre was co-produced by Fabienne Vonier (The Barbarian Invasions) and Reinhard Brundig (Winged Migration).
French with English subtitles opens November 4th in Toronto at TIFF Bell Lightbox
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