Shown: January 11, 2012 at 6pm
Director : Aki Kaurismäki
Country : Finland
Release Date : 2011
Duration : 93 mins
Language : French
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : FILM CRITICS’ PRIZE AT 2011 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Affectionate, whimsical portrait of impoverished but generous folk of a run-down waterfront who take in a boy stowaway from Congo. A love letter to France and French cinema from the Finnish master of deadpan humour. Kaurismäki envisions it as the first installment in a trilogy about life in port cities. His ambition is to make follow-ups set in Spain and Germany, shot in the local languages.
“I was on cloud nine throughout the film: that place of Technicolored rapture where Kaurismäki fans dwell, and where past, present and oneiric future are rolled celestially into one.” (Nigel Andrews – Financial Times)