2011 | B/N | 103 min Marcel Marx has retreated into a voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre, working as a shoe shiner. He lives happily within the triangle of his favorite bar, his work, and his wife Arletty, when fate suddenly throws an underage immigrant refugee from Africa in his path. At the same time, Arletty gets seriously ill and is bedridden. Marcel has to rise against the cold wall of human indifference with his only weapon of innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of his neighbors. Country: Francia, Alemania, Finlandia Direction: Kaurismäki; Aki Script: Kaurismäki; Aki Production: Kaurismäki; Aki, Brundig; Reinhard, Vonier; Fabienne Photography: Salminen; Timo Sound: Malmberg; Tero Cast:Wilms; André, Outinen; Kati, Miguel; Blondin, Darroussin; Jean-pierre, Salo; Elina Participation year at FICM: 2011
2011 | B/N | 103 min Marcel Marx has retreated into a voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre, working as a shoe shiner. He lives happily within the triangle of his favorite bar, his work, and his wife Arletty, when fate suddenly throws an underage immigrant refugee from Africa in his path. At the same time, Arletty gets seriously ill and is bedridden. Marcel has to rise against the cold wall of human indifference with his only weapon of innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of his neighbors. Country: Francia, Alemania, Finlandia Direction: Kaurismäki; Aki Script: Kaurismäki; Aki Production: Kaurismäki; Aki, Brundig; Reinhard, Vonier; Fabienne Photography: Salminen; Timo Sound: Malmberg; Tero Cast:Wilms; André, Outinen; Kati, Miguel; Blondin, Darroussin; Jean-pierre, Salo; Elina Participation year at FICM: 2011
Fallen Leaves One night in Helsinki, two lonely people meet by chance and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path toward this noble goal is complicated by the man’s alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other’s names or addresses, and life’s general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking happiness. See More
The Other Side of Hope A street shirt-salesman in Helsinki quarrels with his wife and leaves her. He then decides to bet everything he’s got in poker. With his winnings, he buys what is possibly the worst restaurant in Finland. He hires a Syrian refugee, whom the authorities want to send back to Aleppo, and who is looking for the sister he lost along the Balkan route. Everyone tries to help. See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
