The Other Side of Hope (2017)

02/03/2017Comedy, Drama1h 41m
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Overview

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

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    Sherwan Haji

    Khaled

  2. Cast 1

    Sakari Kuosmanen

    Wikström

  3. Cast 1

    Kaija Pakarinen

    Wikström's Wife

  4. Cast 1

    Niroz Haji

    Miriam

  5. Cast 1

    Janne Hyytiäinen

    Nyrhinen

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    Ilkka Koivula

    Calamnius

  7. Cast 1

    Nuppu Koivu

    Mirja

  8. Cast 1

    Simon Al-Bazoon

    Mazdak

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    Tuomari Nurmio

    Busker / Band Member

In Aki Kaurismäki's 2016 film <i>Toivon tuolla puelella</i> ("The Other Side of Hope"), the Finnish auteur continues a theme he explored in <i>Le Havre</i> from five years earlier: refugees fleeing to Europe and forced to survive when heartless officials and some locals are against them. While that earlier film was shot in the comparatively exotic setting of the eponymous French port, <i>Toivon tuolla puelella</i> returns to Kaurismäki's familiar stomping grounds of downtown Helsinki. The film consists of two converging plotlines. In one, the aging salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen, a lon...

Status Released

Original LanguageFinnish 

Budget-

Revenue $1,657,449.00

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