Aki Kaurismaki Moves from Finland to Le Havre, France

Finnish master filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki will be heading to the port city of Le Havre for his next project aptly titled, Le Havre. The French — the biggest supporters of auteur cinema will be co-producing on a project that received development funding from The Finnish Film Foundation. In pure Kaurismaki tradition, Le Havre as reported by Screen Daily, falls in his usual “dramatic comedy” territory and is about a shoeshiner who tries to save a refugee. Fitting since the city is a port town in the North of France.

Haije Tulokas will produce and the great news is that the film will shoot in the spring. Kaurismaki last directed 2006’s Lights In The Dusk.