The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) 2017 Watch Free in HD

Minneapolis Star Tribune

This kindhearted, unsentimental movie is a good way to celebrate Finland, which celebrated its 100th anniversary as a free nation last week.

December 14, 2017

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Screen-Space

[There] is not a false note in the film's humanity, despite a reality that at times seems entirely cinematic.

March 30, 2018

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San Diego CityBeat

The director's seamless politics and rock 'n' roll style have been evolved in the past decade, and The Other Side of Hope feels like a crystallization of sorts. It finds the perfect harmony between off-kilter strangeness and essential acts of humanity.

August 20, 2018

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Detroit News

Blues musicians in Finland. Who know there was such a thing?

December 15, 2017

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ABC Radio (Australia)

If you're a fan of Kaurismäki, you're already there. If you're a newbie and curious, this is a perfect opportunity to dip your toe in, as it's representative of his finest work.

April 19, 2018

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Globe and Mail

The guiding ethic of The Other Side of Hope is as much topical as it universal: that altruism is not especially brave or courageous, but just the basic principle governing relations between human beings.

December 08, 2017

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Shadows on the Wall

In other words, every moment in this movie is pure heaven. And what it has to say is urgent.

June 01, 2018

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Washington Post

It's refreshing to see a film about the refugee crisis that doesn't rely on cliche, but the fact remains: The mundane is mundane.

December 13, 2017

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San Diego Reader

One couldn't help but think of the obvious, heavy-handed messaging we'd be spared if all directors followed Kaurismäki's expert smuggling techniques.

December 08, 2017

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Sydney Morning Herald

Most of the characters face a daily question: to be kind or unkind. Kaurismaki builds a heroic narrative around that idea.

March 28, 2018

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Q Network Film Desk

deals in deadpan, but sympathetic and humanist terms with the thorny issue of immigration

July 04, 2018

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Houston Chronicle

Finnish films have been generating buzz lately. "Tom of Finland" and "The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki" have found a small, if enthusiastic, audience...Aki Kaurismäki's charmingly deadpan "The Other Side of Hope" should follow a similar path.

January 11, 2018

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