The Other Side of Hope
Rating: 7.2/8786
Plot Summary:
Khaled, syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys himself a restaurant with the proceeds. When the authorities turn down his application for asylum, Khaled is forced underground and Wikström finds him sleeping in the yard behind his restaurant. He offers him a job and a roof over his head and, for a while, they form a Utopian union with the restaurant's waitress, the chef and his dog.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Running time: 1h 40min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release date: 17 March 2017 (Sweden)
Cast: Dome Karukoski, Ville Virtanen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela, Tommi Eronen, Milka Ahlroth, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Jörn Donner, Sakari Kuosmanen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Taneli Mäkelä, Niroz Haji, Sherwan Haji, Elias Westerberg