A poor outcast and shoeshiner within the grey area of Le Havre brings light and colour into his life and that of one very young man. Which role do others play? And what is going on with his wife?
Btw: Kati Outinen does not fit in at all there. Her 'suffering' as well as overhuge Baltic Sea face is supposed to convey emotion, but her personal role is too obvious artificially-inserted. It diminishes and obfuscates the role of the hero, too.
It is the camera that supports the movie, the colours of the harbour, the frames. Apart from that, it's an oversimple fairy tale story, heard and seen a bit often, even though Kaurismäki places it before the background of the migration.
Btw: Kati Outinen does not fit in at all there. Her 'suffering' as well as overhuge Baltic Sea face is supposed to convey emotion, but her personal role is too obvious artificially-inserted. It diminishes and obfuscates the role of the hero, too.
It is the camera that supports the movie, the colours of the harbour, the frames. Apart from that, it's an oversimple fairy tale story, heard and seen a bit often, even though Kaurismäki places it before the background of the migration.