The Other Side of Hope Glenn Kenny December 01, 2017. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki films are often marked by a particular kind of humor. With Ville Virtanen, Tommi Korpela, Kati Outinen, Dome Karukoski. A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. - Josh Davis About the Author. Drawing from his own experiences as an activist, organizer, educator, and public official, Mckesson exhorts all Americans to work to dismantle the legacy of racism and to imagine the best of what is … THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is dedicated to filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s longtime friend and collaborator, the film critic and festival programmer Peter von Bagh. The Official Showtimes Destination brought to you by Curzon Artificial Eye 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 tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. R.F. The other side of hope is that hope itself can be a disruptive force, and many times must be because the challenges before it will not simply dissolve in order for hope to have its desire. With Ville Virtanen, Tommi Korpela, Dome Karukoski, Kati Outinen. As I’ve been saying since the early 1990s, he really can put the “dead” in “deadpan.” The happy land of equality, tolerance and acceptance is not all it seems. Search for screenings / showtimes and book tickets for The Other Side of Hope. "The Other Side of Hope" begins with a beautiful shot of the Baltic Sea. No novel is perfect, but The Other Side of Hope is as close as I have seen from a debut novel." In this new video essay, filmmaker Daniel Raim explores Kaurismäki’s oeuvre through the world of von Bagh. Honest, courageous, and imaginative, On the Other Side of Freedom is a work brimming with hope. Khaled, aged about 26, has fled his Syrian homeland, a country ravaged by war, his city of Aleppo pulverised by continuous violence over the past four years. Tweet. Like many other films by Kaurismäki, sea is an essential element, which might represent the film's success in finding a place between poetry and politics. 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. 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