R.F. In this new video essay, filmmaker Daniel Raim explores Kaurismäki’s oeuvre through the world of von Bagh. Augusta Hope and her twin sister Julia are bought up in a small town, but they are like chalk and cheese in their personalities. 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. 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. The beauty of ‘The Other Side of Hope’ is that Kaurismäki also manages to be touching and compassionate along the way. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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. “Augusta loves words like other people love sweets or ice cream” and dreams of traveling to more exotic places whereas Julia is more of a homebody falling in love and marrying a neighbour happy with her life. The happy land of equality, tolerance and acceptance is not all it seems. In December 2016, it was selected to play in competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. See the release date and trailer. Tweet. The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki films are often marked by a particular kind of humor. The Official Showtimes Destination brought to you by Curzon Artificial Eye The director's 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. The Other Side of Hope (Finnish: Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki.The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. The other side of hope in Finland is hypocrisy, says Aki. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The Other Side of Hope Glenn Kenny December 01, 2017. 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. A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. Dunham writes with one purpose: to take you places you've never been before. As I’ve been saying since the early 1990s, he really can put the “dead” in “deadpan.” With Ville Virtanen, Tommi Korpela, Dome Karukoski, Kati Outinen. No novel is perfect, but The Other Side of Hope is as close as I have seen from a debut novel." 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