Ciné-ARCHI – Le Havre

Film by Aki Kaurismäki, France, 2011, 93 min
The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Hugues Drapeau, DPLG architect

Marcel Marx put aside his ambitions and his successes as a writer. He settled in Le Havre with his partner and his dog. He now earns his living by shining shoes at the station. He witnesses the discovery by the police of a container full of African illegal immigrants. A child manages to escape. Marcel goes looking for the kid and, when he finds him, takes him in. Little Idrissa wants to join his mother in England. But how ? Marcel and the whole neighborhood will come to his aid...