The Other Side of Hope (2017)

Movie Details

Original Title Toivon tuolla puolen

Original Language FI

Revenue $1,657,449

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Sherwan Haji

Khaled

Popularity: 0.2

Sakari Kuosmanen

Wikström

Popularity: 0.5

Kaija Pakarinen

Wikström's Wife

Popularity: 1.4

Niroz Haji

Miriam

Popularity: 0.0

Janne Hyytiäinen

Nyrhinen

Popularity: 0.3

Ilkka Koivula

Calamnius

Popularity: 0.3

Nuppu Koivu

Mirja

Popularity: 0.5

Simon Al-Bazoon

Mazdak

Popularity: 0.6

Tuomari Nurmio

Busker / Band Member

Popularity: 0.1

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Abdi Jama

Cashier at Train Station

Popularity: 0.0

Antti Virmavirta

Police at the Station

Popularity: 1.7

Timo Torikka

Police at the Station

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Aki Kaurismäki

Editor Samu Heikkilä

Writer Aki Kaurismäki

Producer Aki Kaurismäki

Production

ZDF

Bufo

Sputnik

Videos & Trailers

How Aki Kaurismäki Shows the Other Side of Refugee Stories

Featurette

Janus Films Trailer

Trailer

clip - "Drink sake and dance hula hula"

Clip

clip - "Official business"

Clip

clip - "Should I smile?"

Clip

clip - "Meatballs won't do"

Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

illegal immigration working immigrants syrian refugee european refugee crisis war refugees restaurant management

Reviews from TMDB

CRCulver 5/10

Aug 22, 2018

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 ... Read more

FrontrunnerParis 8/10

Jan 3, 2021

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