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The Other Side of Hope

Toivon tuolla puolen

2017

Aki Kaurismäki

Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela ...

6.8

4,916

Comedy. Drama A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived from Finland.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A must-visit destination (...) the new film could also expand that finite but passionate core audience by virtue of its topicality and its uniquely personal view of the displaced victims of Syrian warfare."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Aki Kaurismäki’s deadpan is one of those beautiful things that’s been refined beyond all reason over years of intense practice, eventually approaching a perfection that makes it easy to predict but impossible to deny."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"There’s something a little too old-fashioned — too cozy and complacent — about how Aki Kaurismäki has basically concocted a liberal message movie that casts its refugee hero as a saintly victim and invites the audience to pat itself on the back for its enlightened views."	NEU
United States	Kenji Fujishima Slant	"[If it] feels as fresh as it does, it's because of the memorable set pieces, gags (...) and grace notes that spring forth from within the confines of a familiar aesthetic template."	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"As economical in his visual style as he is with his dialogue, Kaurismaki makes the most out of having his actors do the least (...) the result is not just comic but touching as well."	POS
United Kingdom	Ryan Gilbey The Guardian	"The film is devilishly funny, economically constructed (...) and decked out in the director’s dismal palette (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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