Le Havre (Film)
- André Wilms: Marcel Marx
- Kati Outinen: Arletty
- Jean -Pierre Darroussin: Commissioner Monet
- Blondin Miguel: Idrissa
- Elina Salo: Claire
- Evelyne Didi: Yvette
- Quoc Dung Nguyen: Chang
- Francois Monnie: grocer
- Roberto Piazza: Little Bob
- Pierre Étaix: Doctor Becker
- Jean -Pierre Léaud: informer
Le Havre is a feature film by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki from the year 2011., The French-language tragicomedy set in the titular French port city and is a former writer and shoeshine boy (played by André Wilms ) in the center who takes care of a child refugee from Africa. The film premiered on 17 May 2011 in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival premiere. The German theatrical release was on 8 August 2011, the publication in Finland one day later.
Action
Marcel Marx, a former writer and would-be artist whose success probably " more artistic nature " was, has moved from Paris to the French port city of Le Havre. His dream to pursue a career as a writer, he has given up and earns more bad than good his living as a shoeshine boy near the railway station. But he is satisfied with his life and thinks he can serve the society better in this way. He lives in a small house, where he are his loving wife Arletty and the dog Laika on the page. Regularly seeks Marcel in Le Havre his local pub on. One day he meets during his lunch happen to Idrissa, who has been hiding in the water under the pier. The boy from Gabon is illegal, hidden in a container that arrived in France and fled from the authorities. He is taken by Marcel and Laika.
Meanwhile diagnosed with cancer Arletty. It keeps their knowledge of their incurable disease but before her husband secret, as this is never grown up despite his advanced age and can regulate the daily life of his wife. Marcel help Idrissa despite all obstacles to get to London, where his mother lives. The board is assisted by his solidary neighborhood, among other things, from the local to him otherwise well-meaning greengrocer, the baker's wife Yvette and singer Roberto Piazza ( "Little Bob" ) exists. This is on behalf of Marcel a charity concert for Idrissa to pay for the tractor can. Also the fahndende after the boy Commissioner Monet is committed at the end of Idrissa. When he noticed him in his hiding on a fishing boat, it prevents the search of the boat by his colleagues.
Marcel's bedridden wife is recovering now with a stay in the hospital by a miracle from her severe suffering.
Soundtracks
Genesis
With Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki took place after The Life of Bohème (1992 ) back to the French-language film. In this also the French actor André Wilms had the figure of Marcel Marx embodied, which was named after the French film director Marcel Carné and the German philosopher and economist Karl Marx. As namesake for the wife of the main character, the French actress Arletty was the inspiration.
The idea to take up the issue of illegal refugees in the European Union, Kaurismäki allegedly came several years ago. However, he did not know where the story he could play in almost every European country should turn. For the film preparation Kaurismäki traveled the European coast, from Genoa via France, Spain, Portugal and the Bay of Biscay to the Netherlands and eventually discovered Le Havre as the setting for his film, "the city of blues and soul and rock 'n roll " so Kaurismäki. For the preparation of his film, he studied the works of Marcel Carné. He had by his own admission, but can not take much from the movies without Le Havre would have slid him in a serious melodrama. As a performer, Kaurismäki chose the Frenchman Jean -Pierre Darroussin and the local singer Roberto Piazza aka " Little Bob" from him in addition to the already known André Wilms and his Finnish compatriot Kati Outinen. The shooting was scheduled in Le Havre from 23 March to 12 May 2010. The costs were estimated at 3.85 million euros, including 750,000 euros from the Finnish Film Foundation, the Suomen Elokuvasäätiö. It was the largest grant for a Finnish film in 2010.
The basic color of his film Kaurismäki chose as his previous works blue and gray, and added yellow and red splashes of color. The red color was inspired by the films Yasujirō Ozu. Finnish director will self-confessed " old ", which is why he no longer absurd films dedicate themselves, but certain issues such as unemployment pick up on, which he then processed in the form of a fairy tale. The pessimist Kaurismäki is sensitive to firm declares to stage sad movies. Le Havre was not a realistic film with his two happy endings.
Reviews
In the French press
Kaurismäki's film was traded by the French critics to the extended group of favorites on the Palme d'Or, the top prize at the film festival in Cannes. According to Thomas Sotinel (Le Monde) Kaurismäki tell the same story as Philippe Lioret in Welcome (2009) and also add television images of the violent destruction of the " jungle of Calais " by the French police on 22 September 2009, a camp of refugees on the English Channel. This reality makes the Finn but to a " nostalgic and enchanted world," what in the architecture of the port city, the old cars was justified (including the Renault used by the Commissioner Monet 16) and the panoramic way and methodological frames. The border police were direct descendants of the Keystone Cops, during the storyline of Arlettys disease remember the Hollywood melodramas of the 1920s. Philippe Azoury ( Libération ) noted also that Le Havre is a " fairy tale" was. He drew comparisons to works by Robert Guédiguian, Charles Chaplin, Yasujirō Ozu, Jacques Tati and Jim Jarmusch. The colors gave the city a feeling of unrest, while lead actor André Wilms repeat all those things that you know of Chaplin. From a visual point of view is Le Havre one of the best films Kaurismäki, but offer little background and too artificial. " The question of reality ( a real place, a tricky political issue ) does not work here like a rabbit out of the hat of the magician who is only interested in his tricks. " Says Azoury.
In the German press
The world Reviewers Matthias Heine appeared the director with age more optimistic: " With him makes poverty not ugly and mean such as in Brecht, but good and beautiful - at least inwardly beautiful." From a ' solidarity, direct and selfless humanity practiced the " in the Frankfurter Rundschau, was the speech. The executive organs of the state are called " uneven enforcement officer ", " heartless acting constable of state power " or " power over [ ... ] whose auffalllendstes flag is missing humanity. " Means.
In many cases, the criticisms revolved around the relationship between the reality and the stylized Kaurismäki universe. Wilfried hip ( taz) discovered something new in the work of the Finn: " reality breaks into his so carefully stylized art world. " Refugees are not typical Kaurismäki characters, but " naturalistic staged people." In the mirror Martin Wolf called them " messengers from the reality " that penetrate into the world of " melancholic with a penchant for sarcasm soft and hard drinks ." Therefore, the two worlds fit together, because actually all Kaurismäki characters are always been on the run, of their own lives, the sadness or the Finnish winter. Although his films are all fairy tales, Christoph Egger noticed in the NZZ, but this was no longer grimly realistic, but a elysisches with good people. " Only in consistently unreal ambience " a world is possible in which "there is humanity, decency, solidarity ," said Christiane Peitz of the Tagesspiegel. Le Havre conjure a port of brotherhood. " If that is too simplistic, which disregards the desperation behind the realization that this story of the rescue of an African refugee can not be of this world."
Awards
Le Havre was honored at the Cannes Film Festival with the FIPRESCI Prize. At the Munich Film Festival in 2011, he received the ARRI Award for best foreign film. In addition, the Golden Hugo, the film won the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival for Best Feature Film and the renowned French Louis- Delluc price.
At the award ceremony of the European Film Prize 2011 was awarded Le Havre four nominations ( Best European Film, Director, Actor - André Wilms, writer), but remained unprämiert. At the same time the film was Finland's Oscar nominee in 2012 for the Best Foreign Language Film, but was not shortlisted. In the Cesar Awards in 2012 followed nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Production Design. In the same year Le Havre won six awards, including those for Best Film and Best Director at the award ceremony of the Finnish Film Awards Jussi.