---
title: 'The Other Side of Hope (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aki Kaurismäki'
released: '2017-02-03'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Finland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-other-side-of-hope-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5222918/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Other Side of Hope (2017)

2017 · 98 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany, Finland

Original title: Toivon tuolla puolen

## Synopsis

The Other Side of Hope 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Screenplay:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Producer:** [Aki Kaurismäki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-kaurismaki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Timo Salminen](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-salminen)
- **Editor:** [Samu Heikkilä](https://cinepixo.com/people/samu-heikkila)

## Cast

- [Dome Karukoski](https://cinepixo.com/people/dome-karukoski)
- [Sakari Kuosmanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakari-kuosmanen)
- [Ville Virtanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ville-virtanen)
- [Timo Torikka](https://cinepixo.com/people/timo-torikka)
- [Maria Järvenhelmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-jarvenhelmi)
- [Sherwan Haji](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherwan-haji)
- [Kati Outinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kati-outinen)
- [Hannu-Pekka Björkman](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannu-pekka-bjorkman)
- [Tommi Korpela](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommi-korpela)
- [Elina Knihtilä](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-knihtila)

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