The other side of hope film

A pokerplaying restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to finland. The other side of hope toivon tuolla puolen 2017 rotten. Toivon tuolla puolen is a 2017 finnish comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by aki kaurismaki. Footage from the press conference for the film s premiere at the 2017 berlin international film festival, featuring kaurismaki, haji, and actor sakari kuosmanen. As deadpan as the best of the directors work, and with a deep well of empathy. The other side of hope premiered in competition at the 2017 berlin film festival. Writerdirector aki kaurismaki further sharpens his craft with the other side of hope, offering a timely drama whose melancholy air is leavened by its empathy. The other side of hope toivon tuolla puolen follows two such human pinballs on their independent trajectories as they accidentally cross paths. For the meanest among three goons despair event horizon. It tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the french port city le havre. With his previous film le havre, and this very sympathetic and charming new work, the other side of hope, kaurismaki has made refugees his. Toivon tuolla puolen, englischsprachiger festivaltitel. Winner of the berlin silver bear for best director, its a beautiful, timely film from one of the worlds leading auteurs.

One of its protagonists, wikstrom, drives around in a sleek, oversized black car of a vintage unknown to me, in keeping with the directors insistence. The story is about a finnish businessman who meets a syrian asylumseeker looking for. The official showtimes destination brought to you by curzon artificial eye. So too is his latest feature, the other side of hope. Search for screenings showtimes and book tickets for the other side of hope. Finnish master aki kaurismaki returns with his first feature in six years, the other side of hope, a bittersweet comedydrama about the unlikely friendship between a syrian refugee and a low. Toivon tuolla puolen is a 2017 finnish comedydrama film written, produced, and directed by aki kaurismaki. The other side of hope explores the refugee experience without sappy sentimentality globe and mail. The other side of hope 2017 the criterion collection. For a person driven into a corner, both have their merits. Kaurismakis the other side of hope builds on the minuscule changes present in his 2011 film, le havre, which concerned an ageing shoe.

It was quirky, hilarious and steeped in an appreciation of good old fashioned rocknroll. Writerdirector aki kaurismaki further sharpens his craft with the other side of. In december 2016, it was selected to play in competition at the 67th berlin international film festival. The directors 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. Despite the rather trite title, the other side of hope is an amiable story of two very different paths crossing in helsinki. While the conclusion to the other side of hope is openended, 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. From the coal hold of a polish freighter, a syrian stowaway named khaled sherwan haji emerges, covered head to toe in coal dust. The other side of hope has the stately pace and graceful precision of a movie from the 1930s, and democratic, antiauthoritarian politics that also evoke that era.

The film was produced by kaurismakis finnish company sputnik. The other side of hope begins like one of those 1930s french movies about angry barge workers or existentially compromised longshoremen. Its suggestive title lingers at the end, leaving a question mark that the viewer will have to turn over personally, and thats a good thing. M 100 minutes heres a guide for those who have never seen a film by aki kaurismaki. This widely acclaimed film from soviet director elem klimov is a stunning, sensesshattering plunge. For a moment life shows us its sunnier side, but fate soon intervenes and the film concludes with an open ending leading either to a respectable life or to the cemetery. Its a finnish film that received international attention but doesnt present the finns themselves in a totally positive light but then, we know the finns havent been. Almost 30 years later, the other side of hope certainly hasnt forgotten its roots but this is a significantly more mature work by a director at the top of his game. Palace films winner fipresci grand prix best film of 2017 winner 2017 berlin. The first of these is that of khaled sherwan haji, a syrian refugee who.

With ville virtanen, dome karukoski, tommi korpela, kati outinen. The other side of hope 2018 official hd trailer a film by. As deadpan as the best of the directors work, and with a deep well of empathy for its downbutnotout characters many of them played by members of kaurismakis everreliable stock company, the other side of hope is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. Filled with empathy for its characters, the film is a. Its refreshing to see a film about the refugee crisis that doesnt rely on cliche. By devika girish in the novemberdecember 2017 issue. The finnish filmmaker aki kaurismaki, who made his first narrative feature thirtyfive years ago, is a model auteur. In the other side of hope, two very different men are looking for a fresh start. The director himself announced that it would be his last work. Khaled sherwan haji is a displaced syrian who lands in helsinki as a stowaway. The other side of hope toivon tuolla puolen stadtkino wien.