In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.

• DirectorAki Kaurismäki
• Release8 September 2011
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration1h 34m
• Budget$3,850,000
• Revenue$4,230,854
• Rate
  

  7.019
  443 reviews
• Productions

  Pyramide Productions, Sputnik, Pandora Film, ARTE France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte