AKI KAURISMÄKI

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (2018)

Starring Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Ilkka Koivula, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela and Ville Virtanen. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

After arriving in Finland from Syria as a stowaway on a coal freighter, Khaled applies for asylum without much hope of success. Meanwhile, eccentric travelling shirt salesman Wikström decides to change his life, and buys an unprofitable restaurant. When the authorities deny Khaled’s application, he goes underground in the capital, encountering all sorts. He finally finds some stability when he’s hired by Wikström to work in the restaurant, but it’s far from permanent...

REVIEWS The Other Side Of Hope - Charming and poetic

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (2018)

Starring Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Ilkka Koivula, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela and Ville Virtanen. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

After arriving in Finland from Syria as a stowaway on a coal freighter, Khaled applies for asylum without much hope of success. Meanwhile, eccentric travelling shirt salesman Wikström decides to change his life, and buys an unprofitable restaurant. When the authorities deny Khaled’s application, he goes underground in the capital, encountering all sorts. He finally finds some stability when he’s hired by Wikström to work in the restaurant, but it’s far from permanent...

REVIEWS The Other Side Of Hope - Charming and poetic

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (2018)

Starring Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Ilkka Koivula, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela and Ville Virtanen. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

After arriving in Finland from Syria as a stowaway on a coal freighter, Khaled applies for asylum without much hope of success. Meanwhile, eccentric travelling shirt salesman Wikström decides to change his life, and buys an unprofitable restaurant. When the authorities deny Khaled’s application, he goes underground in the capital, encountering all sorts. He finally finds some stability when he’s hired by Wikström to work in the restaurant, but it’s far from permanent...

REVIEWS The Other Side Of Hope - Charming and poetic