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Summary:

"This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a displaced Syrian, lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Finnish salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves his wife and his job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable restaurant. Khaled is denied asylum but decides not to return to Aleppo-- and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. As deadpan as the best of the director's work, and with a deep well of empathy for its down-but-not-out characters (many of them played by members of Kaurismäki's loyal stock company), The Other Side of Hope is a bittersweet celebration of pockets of human kindness in an unwelcoming world"--Container.

Contributors:

Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- , film director, screenwriter, film producer

Salminen, Timo, 1952- , director of photography

Heikkilä, Samu, 1971- , editor of moving image work

Haji, Sherwan, 1985- , actor

Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956- , actor

Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954- , actor

Haji, Niroz , actor

Hyytiäinen, Janne , actor

Koivula, Ilkka, 1966- , actor

Koivu, Nuppu , actor

Hussein Al-Bazoon, Simon , actor

Sputnik Oy (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Bufo (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Finnish
Arabic
English

Language Notes:

In Finnish and Arabic with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 922

Alternate Titles:

Container title: Other side of hope

Subjects:

Refugees — Syria — Drama

Sales personnel — Drama

Men — Finland — Drama

Refugees

Sales personnel

Men.

Syria

Finland

Genres:

Motion pictures

Comedy films

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 Dolby surround.

Performers:

Cast: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Nuppu Koivu, Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Samu Heikkilä.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Features: New 2K digital transfer, approved by director Aki Kaurismäki; New interview with actor Sherwan Haji; Footage from the press conference for the film's premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, featuring Kaurismäki, Haji, and actor Sakari Kuosmanen; Aki and Peter, a new video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim, based on a 1997 essay by critic Peter von Bagh, to whom The Other Side of Hope is dedicated; Music videos; Trailer; plus, an essay by critic Girish Shambu.

Audience:

Rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; stamping

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; 5.1 Dolby Digital; Dolby Digital 5.1

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

TOI 2017 DVD

ISBNs:

9781681434407
1681434407

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515214711
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2883DDVD

OCLC Numbers:

1030916866