The Other Side of Hope

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

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
2017
Original Name:
Toivon tuolla puolen
The Other Side of Hope (2017) - Also known as Toivon tuolla puolen

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

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The Other Side of Hope (2017) - Trailer

Release Date:

03 Feb 2017

Language:

Finnish, English, Arabic, Swedish, Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Aki Kaurismäki

Writer:

Aki Kaurismäki

Main Actors:

Dome Karukoski, Ville Virtanen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela

Plot:

Khaled, syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys himself a restaurant with the proceeds. When the authorities turn down his application for asylum, Khaled is forced underground and Wikström finds him sleeping in the yard behind his restaurant. He offers him a job and a roof over his head and, for a while, they form a Utopian union with the restaurant's waitress, the chef and his dog.

Awards:

7 wins & 16 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Metacritic:
84%