Le Havre
2011 · Movie · 94 min · ★ 7.0 · 91% critics
In a French port city, a struggling shoeshiner takes in a young refugee who has slipped away from immigration officials. As the search tightens, neighbors quietly rally to help, turning an ordinary street into a small network of solidarity and hope.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-09-08
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (480 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, offbeat drama about everyday kindness and community solidarity, in the vein of The Man Without a Past; not for you if you need fast pacing, big emotions, or clear-cut realism.
Pros: warm community spirit; dry deadpan humor; thoughtful social themes | Cons: very simple plot; repetitive style; heavy-handed moments
Themes
- refugee
- grocer
- poverty
- kindness
- dog
- policeman
- shoe shiner
- northern france
- vietnamese
- grocery store
- cherry
- port
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- Louis Delluc Prize · 2011
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2011 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2011 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2011 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Film · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew
André Wilms
as Marcel Marx
Kati Outinen
as Arletty
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
as Monet
Blondin Miguel
as Idrissa
Elina Salo
as Claire
Evelyne Didi
as Yvette
- QN
Quoc Dung Nguyen
as Chang
- FM
François Monnié
as Greengrocer
- RP
Roberto Piazza
as Little Bob
Pierre Étaix
as Dr. Becker
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki