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The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen)

A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
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Sydney Morning Herald
March 28, 2018 Most of the characters face a daily question: to be kind or unkind. Kaurismaki builds a heroic narrative around that idea.
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Q Network Film Desk
July 04, 2018 deals in deadpan, but sympathetic and humanist terms with the thorny issue of immigration
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Screen-Space
March 30, 2018 [There] is not a false note in the film's humanity, despite a reality that at times seems entirely cinematic.
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Detroit News
December 15, 2017 Blues musicians in Finland. Who know there was such a thing?
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Globe and Mail
December 08, 2017 The guiding ethic of The Other Side of Hope is as much topical as it universal: that altruism is not especially brave or courageous, but just the basic principle governing relations between human beings.
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San Diego Reader
December 08, 2017 One couldn't help but think of the obvious, heavy-handed messaging we'd be spared if all directors followed Kaurismäki's expert smuggling techniques.
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Shadows on the Wall
June 01, 2018 In other words, every moment in this movie is pure heaven. And what it has to say is urgent.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 14, 2017 This kindhearted, unsentimental movie is a good way to celebrate Finland, which celebrated its 100th anniversary as a free nation last week.
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Houston Chronicle
January 11, 2018 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 Kaurismäki's charmingly deadpan "The Other Side of Hope" should follow a similar path.
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Washington Post
December 13, 2017 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.
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ABC Radio (Australia)
April 19, 2018 If you're a fan of Kaurismäki, you're already there. If you're a newbie and curious, this is a perfect opportunity to dip your toe in, as it's representative of his finest work.
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San Diego CityBeat
August 20, 2018 The director's seamless politics and rock 'n' roll style have been evolved in the past decade, and The Other Side of Hope feels like a crystallization of sorts. It finds the perfect harmony between off-kilter strangeness and essential acts of humanity.
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IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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