The Other Side of Hope
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
2017Feature98 minSwedenPG
A young Syrian refugee who has lost almost all his family stows away to Helsinki, where his story crosses paths with a stranger's, by chance.
Synopsis
The film consists of two stories that by chance intersect at the forty-minute mark. The first one is about Khaled, a young Syrian refugee who has lost virtually all of his family. Almost by accident, he drifts to Helsinki as a stowaway passenger on a collier to seek asylum without great hopes for his future life.
The director
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki is Finland's most celebrated filmmaker, known for deadpan humanist comedies such as The Man Without a Past and Fallen Leaves. The Other Side of Hope won him the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2017.
On screens
Already played at 1 cinema in Vancouver.
