This warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city of Le Havre centers on a young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) at risk of deportation and Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a bohemian shoeshiner. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight. Introduced by Mikolaj Kunicki, Assistant Professor of History and Nanovic Faculty Fellow at the University of Notre Dame.
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Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Not Rated, 93 minutes
French with English subtitles
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The introduction to the film can be seen below: