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Finnish badboy skewers migrant paranoia at Cannes

2011-05-17 1 Dailymotion

Aki Kaurismaki's surreal comedy about refugees in France premiered at Cannes on Tuesday, with the irreverent Finn sticking his fingers up at the irrational fear of foreigners sweeping Europe. Kaurismaki started off his Cannes news conference by lighting up, which is illegal in public buildings in France, and then turned his gritty Nordic humour on his choice of location for his film 'Le Havre', politics, film making and his home country.Duration: 01:19