The Other Side Of Hope

The Other Side Of Hope

7.2 out of 10

Comedy Travelling salesman Wikstrom peddles shirts and manages to offload 3,000 items. He celebrates by risking his earnings on a game of poker and miraculously, Wikstrom wins big to the extent that he decides to take over an ailing restaurant bar called the Golden Pint, which serves sardines to clientele directly from cans. Wikstrom wins over existing staff and hires a Syrian refugee called Khaled Ali, who has escaped Aleppo.

Directed by Aki Kaurismaki

Starring Kati Outinen, Ville Virtanen, Tommi Korpela, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji

IMDB

100 mins
12A certificate

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