The Other Side of Hope
Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
Finland, 2017, 100 minsmins, DCP
Cast: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Janne Hyytiäinen
From Le Havre (36th HKIFF), deadpan comedy master Aki Kaurismäki is back to his hometown Helsinki, bringing with him a fleeing Syrian who seeks asylum in his droll melancholy. Together with an old Finn who walks out on his alcoholic wife and buys a failing restaurant, the two misfits forge an unlikely friendship and navigate the adversities they face in the baffling new worlds. Covering a serious refugee story with unworldly absurdity, the Berlinale Best Director never fails to combine poignancy with torrents of laughter, like the taste of salted herring sushi loaded with wasabi, in a spicy critique against anti-immigrant prejudice.
2017 Berlin International Film Festival, Silver Bear for Best Director
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Tickets available at screening venue on screening date 2017-08-19 (Sat)
17:00Buy Ticket 2017-08-27 (Sun)
20:00
The Grand Cinema
the sky
Chinese Subtitles
Full House
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