The Other Side of Hope (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 15, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Sherwan Haji & Sakari Kuosmanen | |
| Performer: | Janne Hyytiainen & Ilkka Koivula | |
| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki | |
| Screenwriting by | Aki Kaurismäki | |
| Director of Photography: | Timo Salminen |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 4/5 --
Syrian refugee Kahled turns himself into police and seeks asylum after covertly boarding a cargo ship and ending up in Finland.
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Nobody's Reading This But Me
The narrative trajectories of the refugee and the salesman intersect within minutes....In drawing the two men together, the film creates a simple, persuasive metaphor.
A.V. Club
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE wants to take you back to a time when quirkiness in cinema felt not cute but bold.
Variety
With a very contrasted photography with the use of hard lights, the director delves us into a story without good or bad... transferring a very particular atmosphere to the film. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
Rating: 4/5 --
The director relies on an overwhelming sense of absurdity, graceful wit, and sharp socio-political observations.
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Always Good Movies
Rating: 2.5/5 --
The dour comedic tone and discarded protagonists feel very familiar, and the film comes off as a forgettable chapter in a long book.
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Dare Daniel
Rating: 4/5 --
One couldn't help but think of the obvious, heavy-handed messaging we'd be spared if all directors followed Kaurismäki's expert smuggling techniques.
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San Diego Reader
Product Description:
A Syrian refugee (Sherwan Haji) living illegally in Helsinki evades the authorities by finding work at a dive bar. There, he meets a host of colorful characters, including a traveling salesman (Sakari Kuosmanen) who's looking for a new life after a windfall. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
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- Sales Rank: 78,509
- UPC: 715515214711
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