Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Tommi Korpela, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Kaija Pakarinen, Nuppu Koivu, Tuomari Nurmio, Ville Virtanen, Sulevi Peltola (more)VOD (1)
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This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a displaced Syrian, lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Finnish salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves his wife and his job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable restaurant. Khaled is denied asylum but decides not to return to Aleppo - and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. As deadpan as the best of the director’s work, and with a deep well of empathy for its down-but-not-out characters (many of them played by members of Kaurismäki’s loyal stock company), The Other Side of Hope is a bittersweet celebration of pockets of human kindness in an unwelcoming world. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Sherwan Haji](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/498/161498130_fe57a8.jpg)
Sherwan Haji
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Cairo Conspiracy (2022)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Tommi Korpela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/728/158728188_768fdc.jpg)
Tommi Korpela
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
The Border (2007)
![Janne Hyytiäinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275662_5d43d9.jpg)
Janne Hyytiäinen
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
![Ilkka Koivula](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/227/159227274_5bad50.jpg)
Ilkka Koivula
Finland
Best movies:
Le Havre (2011)
Centro Histórico (2012)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Kaija Pakarinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/587/158587436_d6cbe0.jpg)
Kaija Pakarinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
![Nuppu Koivu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/187/160187640_40d029.jpg)
Nuppu Koivu
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Tuomari Nurmio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/310/158310173_7850a3.jpg)
Tuomari Nurmio
Finland
Best movies:
Calamari Union (1985)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Ville Virtanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/282/163282853_ff16d0.jpg)
Ville Virtanen
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Christmas Story (2007)
![Sulevi Peltola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/418/158418066_fe3291.jpg)
Sulevi Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
![Jörn Donner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/287/161287460_6313bc.jpg)
Jörn Donner
Finland
Best movies:
The Interrogation (2009) - narrator
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Void (2018)
![Taneli Mäkelä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/280/158280976_e48574.jpg)
Taneli Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
Naked Harbour (2012)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Timo Torikka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/579/158579068_49a51c.jpg)
Timo Torikka
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
![Maria Järvenhelmi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273887_d57202.jpg)
Maria Järvenhelmi
Finland
Best movies:
Naked Harbour (2012)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
![Antti Virmavirta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/369/159369848_08fbd1.jpg)
Antti Virmavirta
Finland
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
The Eternal Road (2017)
Upswing (2003)
![Hannu-Pekka Björkman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274445_a431a8.jpg)
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Finland
Best movies:
Christmas Story (2007)
The Interrogation (2009)
The Border (2007)
![Elina Knihtilä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/255/162255384_e316fb.jpg)
Elina Knihtilä
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
False Trail (2011)
![Simon Al-Bazoon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/875/161875815_f07efe.jpg)
Simon Al-Bazoon
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Kati Outinen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/735/163735672_c4337b.png)
Kati Outinen
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
![Milka Ahlroth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/368/158368875_55ab02.jpg)
Milka Ahlroth
Finland
Best movies:
Parked (2010)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
That Special Summer (2007)