Cockney safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence for refusing to snitch. Eager to collect his reward from suave, psychotic mob boss Mr Fontaine, Dom heads to southern France with his only friend and accomplice Dickie. Dom is a drug fuelled, sex obsessed, self-regarding, over compensating sociopath…all good, but find out more...
Thomas Beale says: "Aki Kaurismaki returns from a 4 year break with this French comedy-drama about an old age shoe shiner who shelters an illegal immigrant, unbeknownst to his sick wife. Le Havre has a wonderful sort of charm to it, with an underlying dry wit and, frankly, lovely cinematography (no, I can’t think of another word to describe it). There’s a level of emotional distance, though, and it lacks the tension that Kaurismaki is normally find out more...