The Other Side of Hope

Name: The Other Side of Hope
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 1, 2017
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 84
Cast: Clas-Ove Bruun, Dome Karukoski, Hannu Kivioja, Jörn Donner, Juuso Hirvikangas

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Janus Films | Release Date: December 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Clas-Ove Bruun, Dome Karukoski, Hannu Kivioja, Jörn Donner, Juuso Hirvikangas, Kati Outinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Matti Onnismaa, Mirja Oksanen, Niroz Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Taneli Mäkelä, Timo Torikka, Tommi Eronen, Tommi Korpela, Ville Virtanen

Summary: Displaced Syrian Khaled (Sherwan Haji) lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves behind his wife and job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable seafood restaurant. After Khaled is denied asylum, he decides not to return to Aleppo—and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. [JanusDisplaced Syrian Khaled (Sherwan Haji) lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves behind his wife and job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable seafood restaurant. After Khaled is denied asylum, he decides not to return to Aleppo—and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. [Janus Films]… Expand

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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John Semley

Dec 7, 2017

It's a rare feat for a director whose films, from their muted humour and dated-seeming mise-en-scène, to their use of flat, unexpressive, Bressonian close-ups of characters, have always seemed weirdly outside of time. Read full review

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Feb 17, 2017

As a writer, Kaurismäki has a precious knack for jokes that work beautifully in any language. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 17, 2017

Winsome, sweet, and often very funny, The Other Side of Hope is more of the same from Kaurismäki, and thank God for that. Read full review

Patrick Gamble

Feb 17, 2017

Using comedy to chase away the despair of modern life, The Other Side of Hope is a thoroughly satisfying and distinctively lovable film. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Dec 21, 2017

There’s nothing adorable or convoluted about this collision of worlds. The Other Side of Hope makes room for jokes about bad restaurants alongside stark monologues about the horrors of Syria. It operates in an atmosphere of constant conflicting emotions. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Nov 30, 2017

While the conclusion to The Other Side of Hope is open-ended, Kaurismaki unashamedly believes in brotherhood, and among other things his film celebrates people who do the right thing without making a big deal about it. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

The Other Side of Hope fulfills the vague sense of its aspirational title as a film limited in scope and led only by the guidance of its maker's skeptical positivity. Read full review

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CLeCrom

Jan 3, 2021

Europe "welcomes" war refugees. Gallery of portraits in Tati-style sets, and a call to order, always in progress. Uplifting.

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evanbando

Dec 26, 2017

An asinine movie. Not a single genuine laugh or genuine emotion. The deadpan motif throughout is overdone to the point of idiocy. The movie is an insult to the real refugees of real crisis around the world. I gave it two stars because someone had to carry a camera and someone had to edit it.

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