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Le Havre

2011 · 94 min

A gentle, deadpan fable of small-town kindness, where quiet humor and warm solidarity soften the ache of illness and exile.

Overview
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, an elderly shoeshiner with an ailing wife crosses paths with a young African refugee pursued by the police for deportation.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • isolation
  • class
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
Finland, France, Germany
Languages
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