A realistic fairy tale? Melancholic optimism? A wonderful film. An evocation of the past. Absolutely charming.
In a world without computers and Internet, where music comes from LPs and from radios, and where the old-fashioned bar is called Le Moderne, a ship comes because of a software error (!) to the harbour of Le Havre. The cargo - illegal immigrants. A little boy, Idrisse, escapes. He was hoping to be reunited with his mother in London.
The world of Le Havre is shabby. Monsieur Marx, a shoe shiner who once dreamt of a career as a writer, takes care of the boy. And everything changes. Before everybody was minding their own business. The boulangère and the épicier don't like Monsieur Marcel very much - he is a bad customer. Monsieur Marx takes everything with stoic equanimity together with his Vietnamese colleague. Main thing is that the clients pay, it doesn't matter if they are shot afterwards.
Monsieur Marx takes care of the immigrant and everything changes. The outcasts and have-nothings are exercising solidarity with someone who has less than themselves .Monsieur Marx organises even a benefit concert to smuggle the boy out of the country. The fiendish inspector also gets a chance to show his benevolent side.
Thus far I came on March 7. Time to continue my blog... and dinish this post.
A fairy tale, so I don't understand why some critics complain about the lack of realism. This is like looking for meatballs in a grocery.
This movie charmed me completely - 10/10.
In a world without computers and Internet, where music comes from LPs and from radios, and where the old-fashioned bar is called Le Moderne, a ship comes because of a software error (!) to the harbour of Le Havre. The cargo - illegal immigrants. A little boy, Idrisse, escapes. He was hoping to be reunited with his mother in London.
The world of Le Havre is shabby. Monsieur Marx, a shoe shiner who once dreamt of a career as a writer, takes care of the boy. And everything changes. Before everybody was minding their own business. The boulangère and the épicier don't like Monsieur Marcel very much - he is a bad customer. Monsieur Marx takes everything with stoic equanimity together with his Vietnamese colleague. Main thing is that the clients pay, it doesn't matter if they are shot afterwards.
Monsieur Marx takes care of the immigrant and everything changes. The outcasts and have-nothings are exercising solidarity with someone who has less than themselves .Monsieur Marx organises even a benefit concert to smuggle the boy out of the country. The fiendish inspector also gets a chance to show his benevolent side.
Thus far I came on March 7. Time to continue my blog... and dinish this post.
A fairy tale, so I don't understand why some critics complain about the lack of realism. This is like looking for meatballs in a grocery.
This movie charmed me completely - 10/10.
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