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Trailer: LE HAVRE (dir. Aki Kaurismaki) 2011

our first significant glimpse of Kaurismaki’s latest film — a deadpan charmer which emerged as the best-reviewed entry to this year’s Cannes Film Festival — you can expect to see LE HAVRE pop up in the Criterion Collection towards the end of 2012. the folks over at The Playlist are right to warn that Kaurismaki’s films don’t make for ideal trailer fodder, so it’s best to appreciate how this clip sets the mood more than anything else. 

here’s the film’s official description: “An elderly working-class couple living in the famous Norman port city find themselves harbouring a young African illegal immigrant from the authorities as he tries to make his way to England. The local police inspector suspects that they are protecting illegals and a cat-and-mouse game ensues.”