The Other Side of Hope

El Otro Lado de la Esperanza

Finnish audio, Spanish subtitles · Current release

In Helsinki, Waldemar, a traveling shirt salesman, quarrels with his wife and leaves her. He decides to leave his business and sells his remaining shirts. He gambles his earnings at a poker game and wins a lot of money. With this, he buys a restaurant. His three employees are initially skeptical of Waldemar's attempts to reinvigorate their restaurant. At the same time, Khaled, a Syrian refugee, shows up in Helsinki illegally having stowed away on a cargo ship.

Director

Aki Kaurismäki

Starring

Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela, Ville Virtanen, Timo Torikka, Elina Knihtilä, Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Not in English. Finnish audio, spanish subtitles.