Le Havre
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:00pm
Cineplex Odeon at Park & Tilford Centre
333 Brooksbank Avenue, North Vancouver

WINNER! FIPRESCI Prize / 2011 Cannes Film Festival
“Kaurismäki’s ingenious pastiche of French populist poetic-realist dramas plumbs their styles and moods for enduring political substance.” – Richard Brody, THE NEW YORKER

In the titular French port city, sixty-year-old bohemian turned shoeshine man Marcel Marx (André Wilms) spends his days enjoying a drink at the local bar and bringing fresh baguettes home to his wife and faithful dog. When he befriends a young African immigrant who is on the run from a dogged police inspector with the demeanour (and fashion sense) of Claude Rains in Casablanca, Marcel determines to help his new friend by any means necessary-which means calling in a few favours from the neighbourhood. Master director Aki Kaurismäki's most joyful film in years is a charming modern fairy tale, where everyone does the right thing, deadpan humour is the norm and legendary French rock star Little Bob is available for impromptu gigs.

Country: Finland/France/Germany | Language: French, Finnish with English subtitles | Runtime: 103 minutes | Director: Aki Kaurismaki | Rating: PG

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