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The Other Side of Hope
Directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
Not Rated
2017
1h 41m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.2
92%
76%
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A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
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Cast of The Other Side of Hope
Sherwan Haji
Khaled
Sakari Kuosmanen
Wikström
Kaija Pakarinen
Wikström's Wife
Niroz Haji
Miriam
Janne Hyytiäinen
Nyrhinen
Ilkka Koivula
Calamnius
Nuppu Koivu
Mirja
Simon Al-Bazoon
Mazdak
Tuomari Nurmio
Busker / Band Member
Abdi Jama
Cashier at Train Station
Antti Virmavirta
Police at the Station
Timo Torikka
Police at the Station
Olli Varja
Drunkard
Pia Riihioja
Clothing Shop Attendant
Kati Outinen
Clothing Store Owner
Maria Järvenhelmi
Reception Center Officer
Katja Tolonen
Reception Center Officer
Mohamed Awad
Issa
Seppo Väisänen
Migrant Janitor
Milka Ahlroth
Asylum interviewer
Karar Al-Bazoon
Interpreter at Asylum Interview
Ismo Haavisto
Guitarist Outside Bar
Tommi Eronen
Hooligan at the Bus Stop
Vesa Häkli
Hooligan at the Bus Stop
Dome Karukoski
Hooligan at the Bus Stop
Pekka Wiik
Buyer of the Remaining Shirts
Erkki Lahti
Casino Doorman
Mikko Mykkänen
Poker Room Doorman
Minna Maskulin
Poker Room Waitress
Heikki Heimo
Poker Room Cashier
Sulevi Peltola
Poker Room Operator
Matti Onnismaa
Man with Cold Stare
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Poker Player
Hannu Lauri
Poker Player
Juhani Niemelä
Poker Player
Atte Blom
Poker Player
Jörn Donner
Poker Player
Jukka Virtanen
Poker Player
Kai Kilpinen
Poker Player
Puntti Valtonen
Business Agent
Taneli Mäkelä
Seller of the Restaurant
Heikki Metsämäki
Lunching Businessman
Clas-Ove Bruun
Bartender
Harri Marstio
Musician in Bar
Antero Jakoila
Musician in Bar
Ville Virtanen
Judicial Authority
Mirja Oksanen
Judicial Authority
Kari Vento
Judicial Authority
Hamid Al-Bazoon
Courtroom Interpreter
Sami Silventoinen
Police at the Reception Center
Jari Tuomola
Police at the Reception Center
Mikael Hankkila
Reception Center Guard
Imad Alkhatib
Saz Owner
Ilmi
Reception Center Watchdog
Markku Hillilä
Band Member
Esa Pulliainen
Band Member
Mitja Tuurala
Band Member
Panu Vauhkonen
Liberation Army Finland
Axel Laurén
Liberation Army Finland
Pauli Patinen
Liberation Army Finland
Juuso Hirvikangas
Man on the Beach
Esa Kukkola
Man on the Beach
Tom Liljemark
Man on the Beach
Reima Mäenpää
Man on the Beach
Tom Wahlroos
Man on the Beach
Elina Knihtilä
Restaurant Inspector
Hannu Kivioja
Police at Restaurant Inspection
Antti Määttänen
Fire Safety Inspector
Elias Westerberg
Winston
Samuel Jaari
Winston's Assistant
Pirita Pesu
Police in Front of the Shop
Lauri Untamo
Police in Front of the Shop
Marko Haavisto
Dance Orchestra
Samuli Halonen
Dance Orchestra
Jaakko Rossi
Dance Orchestra
Jouni Saario
Dance Orchestra
Tommi Korpela
Melartin
Jonas Nourisson
Customs Officer
Heikki Häkkinen
Customs Officer
Juho Kuosmanen
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Aki Kaurismäki
Director / Writer / Producer
The Other Side of Hope Ratings & Reviews
amNewYork
Jordan Hoffman
The humor in The Other side of Hope doesn't necessarily emerge from jokes - sometimes it's just a well-placed shot of a dog - but it shows how human kindness rarely takes the form of grandiose Hallmark-ready overtures.
Houston Chronicle
Cary Darling
Finnish films have been generating buzz lately. "Tom of Finland" and "The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki" have found a small, if enthusiastic, audience...Aki Kaurismki's charmingly deadpan "The Other Side of Hope" should follow a similar path.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The film's sharp-contrast lighting (another recurring [Aki] Kaurismki touch) renders everything a little unreal and made-up, ironically softening the harsher edges of Kaurismki's humanistic lessons in kindness.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Blues musicians in Finland. Who know there was such a thing?
Washington Post
Kristen Page-Kirby
It's refreshing to see a film about the refugee crisis that doesn't rely on cliche, but the fact remains: The mundane is mundane.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
One couldn't help but think of the obvious, heavy-handed messaging we'd be spared if all directors followed Kaurismki's expert smuggling techniques.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The deadpan irony and seemingly dispassionate air of Finnish director Aki Kaurismki's movies certainly aren't for everyone, but they are a taste worth acquiring.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
[Kaurismki's] pessimism, always mercurial, seems to have mellowed, and that makes this film both more pleasing and less powerful.
Village Voice
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Despite its serious subject - the refugee crisis hitting Europe - The Other Side of Hope is also very funny, never losing sight of the droll, comic upside to life, but never making light of tragedy, either.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
The movie expands upon Kaurismki's central mode of observation and delivers some trenchant, upsetting truths about the immigration experience from the side of those seeking asylum.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
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.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
The filmmaker's universe is both deeply ordinary and just a little uncanny.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
It's at once honest and artful, a touching and clearsighted declaration of faith in people and in movies.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Running gags about oddball twists in the restaurant business serve little purpose but don't detract from the movie's essential quasi-documentary power.
Film Comment Magazine
Devika Girish
Kaurismki's unworldly drollery ... feels like it's from another time-until it's ruptured by the shocking contemporaneity of the global refugee crisis against which the movie is set.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Finnish director Aki Kaurismki delivers his timeliest and most heartfelt film, mixing humor, pathos, and anger.
Slant Magazine
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.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
While Kaurismaki's deadpan sense of humor remains, his humanist side feels more prominent than ever before.
AV Club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Kaurismki ... remains committed to dinge, tunelessly drowsy twang-rock, and self-plagiarizing shaggy-dog plots.
Slant Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
Kaurismki's warmhearted but unsentimental humanism is such that he recognizes the capability of hardhearted souls making magnanimous gestures to their fellow man.
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