Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
André Wilms, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel, Elina Salo, Evelyne Didi, Quoc Dung Nguyen, Pierre Étaix, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Laïka (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
Marcel Marx, a former author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated into a voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre, where he feels he has reached a closer rapport with the people serving them in the occupation of the honourable, but not too profitable, of a shoe-shiner. He has buried his dreams of a literary break-through and lives happily within the triangle of his favourite bar, his work, and his wife Arletty, when fate suddenly throws in his path an underage immigrant refugee from the darkest Africa. As Arletty at the same time gets seriously ill and is bedridden, Marcel once more has to rise against the cold wall of human indifference with his only weapon of innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of the people of his quartier, but against him stands the whole blind machinery of the Western constitutionally governed state, this time represented by the dragnet of the police, moment by moment drawing closer around the refugee boy. It's time for Marcel to polish his shoes and reveal his teeth. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2011 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Film)
- 2011 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Director)
- 2011 - André Wilms (Best Actor)
- 2011 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Screenwriter)
César Awards
- 2012 - Best Film
- 2012 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Director)
- 2012 - Best Production Design
Jussi Awards
- 2012 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Film)
- 2012 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Direction)
- 2012 - Elina Salo (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2012 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Screenplay)
- 2012 - Timo Salminen (Best Cinematography)
- 2012 - Timo Linnasalo (Best Editing)
- 2012 - Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2012 - Wouter Zoon (Best Production Design)
- 2012 - Frédéric Cambier (Best Costume Design)
Czech Lion Awards
- 2012 - Best Foreign Film
Critics Choice Awards
- 2012 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2011 - Aki Kaurismäki (Golden Palm - Official Competition)