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The Other Side of Hope

6.9(375)20171h 41m4

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.7M
Language
Arabic
  • illegal immigration
  • working immigrants
  • syrian refugee
  • european refugee crisis
  • war refugees
  • restaurant management

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Finland, Germany

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • PremiereMumbai Film Festival12 Oct 2017
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival1 Sept 2017
    • Theatrical (limited)1 Dec 2017
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical26 May 2017
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival11 Jun 2017
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2017
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema22 Apr 2017
    • Theatrical3 Aug 2017
  • ArmeniaAM

    • PremiereGolden Apricot International Film Festival11 Jul 2017
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical24 Feb 2017
  • Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA

    • PremiereSarajevo Film Festival11 Aug 2017
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical149 Nov 2017
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical12 May 2017
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical22 Mar 2018

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The Other Side of Hope was released on 3 February 2017.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CRCulver

    8/22/2018

    5/10

    In Aki Kaurismäki's 2016 film <i>Toivon tuolla puelella</i> ("The Other Side of Hope"), the Finnish auteur continues a theme he explored in <i>Le Havre</i> from five years earlier: refugees fleeing to Europe and forced to survive when heartless officials and some locals are against them. While that earlier film was shot in the comparatively exotic setting of the eponymous French port, <i>Toivon tuolla puelella</i> re…

  • F

    FrontrunnerParis

    1/3/2021

    8/10

    Europe "welcomes" war refugees. Gallery of portraits in Tati-style sets, and a call to order, always in progress. Uplifting.

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