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The Other Side of Hope
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 88, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The film follows two parallel stories that converge: Khaled, a Syrian refugee who stows away on a ship to Helsinki, and Wikström, a traveling salesman who leaves his wife and buys a struggling restaurant. Khaled seeks asylum while navigating the complexities of the Finnish system, and Wikström tries to make his restaurant a success with his quirky staff. Their paths cross when Wikström offers Khaled a job and a place to hide, forming an unlikely friendship.
Details
- Director
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Writer
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Released
- 3 February 2017
- Country
- Finland, Germany
- Language
- Finnish
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Box office
- $1.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 7 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2017 | Silver Bear for Best Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Winner |
| Dublin International Film Festival 2017 | Best Actor | Sherwan Haji | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2017 | Best Film | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2017 | Best Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2017 | University Award | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| Jerusalem Film Festival 2017 | In the Spirit of Freedom Best Feature Film | Aki Kaurismäki | Winner |
| San Diego Film Critics Society 2017 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Trailer — The Other Side of Hope
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7 awards — The Other Side of Hope
×| Silver Bear for Best Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherwan Haji | Winner |
| In the Spirit of Freedom Best Feature Film | Aki Kaurismäki | Winner |
| Best Director | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| Best Film | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| University Award | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |