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The other side of hope = Toivon tuolla puolen
Title
The other side of hope = Toivon tuolla puolen / Sputnik sekä Bufo esittävät ; käsikirjoitus, ohjaus, tuotanto, Aki Kaurismäki.
ISBN
9781681434407
1681434407
Edition
DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Director-approved DVD special edition features: new interview actor Sherwan Haji; footage from the press conference for the film's premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, featuring Kaurismäki, Haji, and actor Sakari Kuosmanen; "Aki and Peter", a new video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim, based on a 1997 essay by critic Peter von Bagh, to whom "The other side of hope' is dedicated; music videos; trailer; plus an essay by critic Girish Shambu.
In Finnish and Arabic with English subtitles.
Summary
The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismk̃i is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, the film follows two people, a displaced Syrian and a Finnish salesman, searching for a place to call home.
Variant and related titles
Toivon tuolla puolen
Other side of hope
The other side of hope (Motion picture)
The other side of hope (Motion picture). Finnish.
The other side of hope (Motion picture). Arabic.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Finnish; Arabic
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2018
Series
Criterion collection ; 922
Cast
Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Nuppu Koivu, Simon Hussein Al-Bazzon,
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); 5.1 surround.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2883DDVD The Criterion Collection
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Sputnik Oy (Firm), presenter.
Bufo, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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