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Film Discussion => The Vault => Topic started by: samsong on October 21, 2011, 06:45:00 PM
saw this at the new york film festival. i'm a big aki kaurismaki fan. wasn't that into his last film, but this one's lovely. highly recommend it.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/lehavre/
This was excellent. Kaurismaki has always seemed like the closest thing we'll ever get to a new Robert Bresson, BUT with a sense of humour. His films are humble and pure in very much the same way as Bresson's. Le Havre being set in France gave it an even stronger Mouchette-like feel at times.
Genuinely sad and genuinely funny. Visually stunning. Good choice of music. Solid Kaurismaki.
i liked it, too.