Le Havre /
Fate throws the young African refugee, Idrissa, into the path of Marcel Marx, a kindly bohemian who shines shoes for a living, in the French harbor city Le Havre. With inborn optimism and the support of most of his tight-knit community, Marcel stands up to the officials doggedly pursuing the boy for...
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Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
Language: | French |
Language Notes: | French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Published: |
[New York] :
Criterion Collection,
2012.
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Edition: | Director approved Blu-ray special ed. |
Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
619. |
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Online Access: | View cover art |
Summary: | Fate throws the young African refugee, Idrissa, into the path of Marcel Marx, a kindly bohemian who shines shoes for a living, in the French harbor city Le Havre. With inborn optimism and the support of most of his tight-knit community, Marcel stands up to the officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. |
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Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special features: new interview with actor André Wilms; footage from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference and a French television interview with cast and crew; Finnish television interview with actress Kati Outinen from 2011; concert footage of Little Bob, the musician featured in the film; trailer; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Sicinski and a 2011 conversation between Kaurismäki and film historian Peter von Bagh. Videorecording. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages ; illustrations ; 16 cm.) |
Format: | Blu-ray disc; Region A; widescreen presentation (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player. |
Audience: | Rating: Not rated. |
Production Credits: | Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Timo Linnasalo ; production designer, Wouter Zoon ; costume designer, Fred Cambier. |
ISBN: | 9781604656053 1604656050 |