Sep 05, 2014 the other side of hope is a movie genre comedy, was released in february 3, 2017. A refugee from syria, searching for the sister who is his only surviving relative, he is quickly absorbed into the bureaucracy of exile. Toivon tuolla puolen is a finnish comedydrama film written, produced and directed by aki kaurismaki. The other side of hope 2017 directed by aki kaurismaki. Finnish auteur aki kaurismakis unworldly drollery, unchanged across 20 films since 1983, feels like its from another timeuntil its ruptured by the shocking contemporaneity of. A novel in which islam is the dominant political force in the world and christianity is the religion of outcasts and rebels. Infused with a wry sense of humour delivered with the straightest of poker faces, this film is full of some rousing chuckles.
Displaced syrian khaled sherwan haji lands in helsinki as a stowaway. The other side of hope janus films trailer youtube. Meanwhile, wikstrom is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and. Khaled, syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to helsinki.
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 loyal stock company, the other side of hope is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. The happy land of equality, tolerance and acceptance is not all it seems. Watch online full moviethe other side of hope 2017 lyric. Step into the world of the other side of hope, where the world as you know it is turned on its head. But even with the potentially bleak fatefulness of its open ending, its difficult to imagine. Having been one of the most wellreceived films at the berlinale earlier this year, finnish director aki kaurismaki returns with the other side of hope, which carries a droll scandinavian wit. This wry, melancholic comedy from aki kaurismaki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Critics pick at the new york times this film will screen on friday, december 1, 2017. This novel the other side of hope is the story about that kind of hope.
The englishlanguage title the other side of hope, taken literally, suggests despair and dejection. Dec 01, 2017 syrian refugee khlaed sherwan haji seeks asylum in finland, only to get lost in a maze of functionaries and bureaucracies in aki kaurismakis gently comic, politically urgent fable, the first great fiction film about the 21st century migrant crisis. The other side of hope in finland is hypocrisy, says aki. Dec 01, 2017 the other side of hope is a deeply humane film, as well as a quietly hilarious one. Feb 14, 2017 kaurismakis the other side of hope builds on the minuscule changes present in his 2011 film, le havre, which concerned an ageing shoe shiner who shelters a young african migrant on the run. Watch the other side of hope prime video amazon uk.
Khaled sherwan haji emerges from a pile of coal on a ship docked in helsinki. 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 follows syrian refugee khaled sherwan haji after he emerges, blackened, from a pile of coal on a ship docked in helsinki, finland. Im still waiting wide awake for the waves to come and take take me right to you one hundred vials of denial i know they wont bring you back what am. View hd trailers and videos for the other side of hope toivon tuolla puolen on rotten tomatoes, then check our tomatometer to find out what the critics say. 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 other side of hope official trailer, suomi deutsch, francais. The other side of hope 12a a pokerplaying restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to finland. The other side of hope clip drink sake and dance hula hula duration. Toivon tuolla puolen, englischsprachiger festivaltitel. The first is khaled, played by sherwan haji, a syrian refugee who is desperate to find asylum in europe.
Aki kaurismaki was directed this movie and starring by sakari kuosmanen. The other side of hope is a movie genre comedy, was released in february 3, 2017. Following the template of 2011s le havre, the other side of hope opens with the arrival of syrian refugee khaled sherwan haji on the industrial, bluegray shores of helsinki. A pokerplaying restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to finland. In december 2016, it was selected to play in competition at the 67th berlin international film festival. The other side of hope 2017 yify download movie torrent. It is rare, but i know, it can happen, as if it is a miracle, or grace. Sherwan haji khaled, nuppu koivu mirja, janne hyytiainen nyrhinen, sakari kuosmanen wikstrom, ilkka. The paths of a syrian refugee and a finnish travelling salesman cross in the asphalt jungle called helsinki.
Jan 11, 2018 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. The other side of hope is a deeply humane film, as well as a quietly hilarious one. The other side of hope toivon tuolla puolen 2017 rotten. The other side of hope book tickets at everyman cinema. The film was produced by kaurismakis finnish company sputnik. The official showtimes destination brought to you by curzon artificial eye. 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. The story is about a finnish businessman who meets a syrian asylumseeker looking for. The other side of hope mary riepma ross media arts center. German words for hope include hoffnung, hoffen, hoffnungs, erhoffe and hoffe. The other side of hope win tix with this film, i try to do my best to shatter the european way of only seeing refugees as either pitiful victims or arrogant economic immigrants invading our societies merely to steal our jobs, our wives, our homes and our cars. The humor in the other side of hope doesnt necessarily emerge from jokes sometimes its just a wellplaced shot of a dog but it shows how human kindness rarely takes the form of grandiose. His humane comedy, with its air of unworldly absurdity, has absorbed this idea, but not undermined its seriousness in any way, in fact embraced it with almost miraculous ease and simplicity.
Finlands master of deadpan comedy, aki kaurismaki lights in the dusk, le havre, returns with the story of an unlikely friendship between a syrian asylum seeker and an elderly finnish restaurant owner. Yes, the other side of hope goes to some dark places, but the racist element of finland is represented in the most cliched of ways, with khaled attacked by skinhead thugs who appear to have escaped from the pages of the beano. A syrian asylum seeker finds friendship with a hapless finnish restaurateur in part two of aki kaurismakis. Starring sherwan haji, sakari kuosmanen, janne hyytiainen, simon albazoon, nuppu koivu, ilkka koivula. The other side of hope official trailer, suomi deutsch. Gradually a serious running battle unfurled between the slobbering chorus of the all too liberal papers and those in favour of the sisters, with furious accusations of the sisters alleged misdemeanours on the one side and passionate vindications of their innocence on the other side, both pelting each other with reproaches, imputations, etc. I guess were getting used to losing hope guess were losing hope i dont even wonder why you dont answer when i call your name are you on the other side. The other side of hope, the new film by finnish director aki kaurismaki, is about two ostensibly very different men. Search for screenings showtimes and book tickets for the other side of hope. Feb 14, 2017 the englishlanguage title the other side of hope, taken literally, suggests despair and dejection.
The other side of hope was released in the united states on 1 december 2017. This movie tell story about in the other side of hope, syrian refugee khaled stows away on a freighter to helsinki. May 25, 2017 the other side of hope may be lowkey and take place in a semiimaginary helsinki or some other finnish port town where the locale is decidedly retro but it is entertaining and sophisticated. Because its set in his native finland, i suppose this picture has more of what ill call akian tropes than le havre did. May 25, 2017 having been one of the most wellreceived films at the berlinale earlier this year, finnish director aki kaurismaki returns with the other side of hope, which carries a droll scandinavian wit. So too is his latest feature, the other side of hope.
Khaled sherwan haji, a displaced syrian, lands in helsinki as a stowaway. With ville virtanen, dome karukoski, tommi korpela, kati outinen. 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 loyal stock company, the other side of hope is a bittersweet celebration of pockets of human kindness in an unwelcoming world. Dave calhoun time out this is a world that reeks of cigarette smoke and cheap vodka, yet as always in the work of finlands maestro of droll melancholy, the perfume that lingers longest is empathy. The other side of hope lays bare the administrative obstacles encountered by migrants seeking asylum far from the conflicts that displace them. There is a quaintness to the other side of hope that doesnt just have to do with the typewriters and retro jukeboxes that furnish its spare mise en scene. Six years later, we get the other side of hope 2017, a film with a timely political message once again telling the story of a refugee encountering a european local. In kaurismakis helsinki, the locals are either murderous nazis or angelic white saviours. This wry, melancholic comedy from aki kaurismaki, a cleareyed response to the current refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home.
Jan 05, 2018 the other side of hope 2017, nr, 98 min. At once honest and artful, a touching and clearsighted declaration of faith in people and in movies. I have been living long enough to know that, sometimes we suddenly encounter a chance to sense the true meaning of an incident weve experienced after a long time have passed since that occurred. Aki kaurismaki delves into the subject matter of the syrian refugee crisis, and erm, the restaurant business, in this extremely funny new comedy drama.
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