The Other Side of Hope

The Other Side of Hope

  • Director: Aki Kaurismäki
  • Countries of origin: Finland, Germany
  • Language: Finnish, English, Arabic, Swedish, Japanese
  • Release date: February 3, 2017
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: El otro lado de la esperanza
  • "Toivon tuolla puolen" is a 98-minute comedy film produced by Finnish Sputnik Oy. The film is directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Katy Ottingen , Ville Virtanen , Tommi Korpela , Jon Donner , Nuppu Koivu, etc. It was released in Finland on February 3, 2017.
    The film tells the story of a middle-aged crisis man who bought a restaurant. One day his employees picked up a stray dog ​​from outside. They hid it in the toilet to avoid inspection by the Department of Health. There was also a Syrian man hiding inside with the dog   .

    Details

    • Release date February 3, 2017
    • Filming locations Helsinki, Finland
    • Production companies Sputnik, Oy Bufo Ab, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

    Box office

    Budget

    €1,600,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $183,943

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $15,495

    Gross worldwide

    $4,282,973

    Movie reviews

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    • By Cheyanne 2022-08-03 19:14:38

      "The Other Side of Hope" Focuses on Refugee Issues

      The film focuses on the refugee issue.

      As a whole, the number of Syrian refugees is so large that it is hard to avoid the suspicion of being a hustler, but the film focuses on a specific young refugee, showing him how he fled all the way, cared about his lost sister, turned to the office for help, but was rejected and expelled. The violence of neo-Nazis...the audience couldn't help but sympathize.

      The film is still in the simple and silent style of Akikorismaki. Finland under...

    • By Bartholome 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      Not showing off cheap Madonna gestures

      Although still exploring the same refugee theme as the previous "Le Havre", the fairy tale color of this new work is used just right, adding a smile and a tearful interpretation of the current European social reality.

      In fact, similar to British director Ken Loach, Aki Kaurisma basically upholds a liberal leftist stance. In his previous works, he has focused on the humble and down-to-earth people in society: restaurant employers, car drivers, homeless people, security guards, match...

    • By Shanie 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      the other side of hope

      The first story tells the story of a man named Kahd. He is a Syrian refugee who smuggled into Helsinki on a coal ship and stayed in a local shelter with little vision for the future. The protagonist of the second story is Vikstrom, who was originally a businessman but made a fortune at the gambling tables. Now run a restaurant. Kahed was turned away by the Finnish government and was not granted legal status. In desperation, he "black" in Helsinki, living in various parks and sewers,...

    • By Jacinthe 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      fortunate and unfortunate

      There are good and bad people. To survive in an uncertain world, with all kinds of small luck, but also with all kinds of misfortune, family members died in the war, lived in a foreign country, were beaten by the police, and stabbed by hooligans. In idealism, we always choose to see the bright side of human nature, such as the female administrator of the refugee shelter, the truck driver who helps smuggling, the owner of the restaurant. After all, this kind of humanistic care that has...

    • By Icie 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      May you and me be like this, I drink, messy but serious

      At the beginning of the golden sentence
      "people like to drink when they are in bad luck, and they like to drink when they are out of date"
      "I can't bring happiness to others, I let myself sink in order to help others" I

      read and wrote in the middle and
            saw a few Finns wearing them The kimono is changed to Japanese food, is it mustard to dig with a big spoon? What a hopeful Japanese food store, the big close-up of the       beckoning cat produced by Yiwu bless you...

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    • By Rogelio 2022-03-28 09:01:12

      There is no way out, even in the darkest places, there is hope. It's just that most people will choose to give up their beliefs in the dark, and he did not give...

    • By Spencer 2022-03-24 09:03:32

      I don't understand this stage-style performance, and the rhythm is not my...

    • By Aimee 2022-03-24 09:03:32

      "It's so easy to die, but I want to live" sad but not sad, enjoying the pain, "I don't understand your dark humor very well", "Should I also pretend to be...

    • By Adolphus 2022-03-24 09:03:32

      It is probably the most appropriate to describe it as neither arrogant nor humble. Tell warm stories with a slow and expressionless face, and use the atmosphere to drive the tone to show the coldness and unique temperament of Northern...

    • By Annetta 2022-03-24 09:03:32

      3.5 Since I know Finns are socially afraid, every time I watch Uncle Aki's movie, I always measure the "sense of distance" between people in the frame. The physical alienation cannot stop the emotional communication of the characters reflected in the eyes and small movements. The transfer of hot and cold is the way Uncle Aki communicates with the...

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    "Toivon tuolla puolen" carries the retro tone to the end. It can even be said that it is a Kaurismaki version of Jim Jamsh's movie, with the style of David Lynch and Todd Sorenz. Something like. The only difference is that in the film, the local band plays some original rock music as an embellishment, which is very refreshing, and it closely combines elegance and wild wind.
    "Toivon tuolla puolen" looks like a Polish "progressive" film....
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    Movie quotes

    • Khaled: Listen. I fell in love with Finland.

    • Khaled: I don't understand humour.