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Le Havre: Cannes 2011 Review. A town bands together to reunite an immigrant boy with his mother in Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's tender, enchanting tale, writes Kirk Honeycutt.
Le Havre’s blend of Brutalist and Gothic architecture divides opinions. In 1944, extensive Allied bombing of German-occupied Le Havre all but turned the city to rubble, so controversial ...
Le Havre’s history goes back to François I, the Renaissance king. On Feb. 7, 1517, this larger-than-life monarch (literally gigantic at nearly 6-foot-7) ...
In 2005, Le Havre was the first example of French Modern architecture to achieve UNESCO World Heritage classification, cited as a model of urban experimentation and reconstruction.
At 'Le Havre,' A Rue-Tinted Fable Of Time And Transit Aki Kaurismaki's quiet comedy follows an aging Frenchman's fight to keep a refugee boy from being deported. (Recommended) ...