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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Edited by | Samu Heikkilä |
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| Distributed by | B-Plan |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
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| Budget | €1,600,000 |
| Box office | $3,289,611[2] |
The Other Side of Hope (Finnish: Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. The story is about a Finnish businessman who meets a Syrian asylum-seeker looking for his missing sister.
It was selected to compete at the main competition of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] Where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director.
At the time of its release, Kaurismäki noted that this film would be his last as a director, although he went on to make a new film, Fallen Leaves (2023), six years later.[4]
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- ^ "The Other Side of Hope". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com, Inc. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017". Berlinale. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Berlin: Aki Kaurismaki Wins Best Director for 'The Other Side of Hope'". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.