When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
- Awards
- 15 wins & 34 nominations
Quoc Dung Nguyen
- Chang
- (as Quoc-Dung Nguyen)
Little Bob
- Little Bob
- (as Roberto Piazza)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLaika the dog also appears in The Bohemian Life (1992).
- Quotes
Marcel Marx: L'argent circule au crepuscule.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksMatelot
Performed by The Renegades
Featured review
An authentic blend of realism and poetry
The natural flowing of this simple movie, where no excesses are to be noticed ,may make one judge it as a weird movie, where something actually happens, but does seem to affect the lives of the characters. This is not properly true. Indeed, this is a simple movie, with no plot twists, no complications, but here does it lie its magic. It's a movie where "normal", common people simply accept their lives for what they are, which does not mean in a passive way, on the contrary they prove morally resilient people, who relate one another in an authentic way, behave as honest and fair people (so difficult to find people like these nowadays, that they look so strange!) they face bad things with dignity, and good things with no easy enthusiasm. Its best quality lies in the perfect and never clashing blend between hard facts (the hardships of immigrants, the theme of illness) and poetry, with a human faith in miracles which never sounds ridiculous or mystical: miracles happen simply because sometimes they may happen, and there's not even much to wonder at. There's such a placid attitude shown by the characters, very well interpreted by a good cast, that if the aim was to convey a calm and resilient acceptance of life, with its weird mixture of hardness and poetry, well, the aim has been successfully accomplished.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origen
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Cảng Harve
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €3,850,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $611,709
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,363
- Oct 23, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $12,959,706
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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