| Edition |
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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5.1 DTS-HD master audio |
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widescreen |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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1080p high definition |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 922 |
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Criterion collection ; 922.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
In Finnish and Arabic with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from title frame. |
| Cast |
Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Nuppu Koivu, Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Timo Salminen ; editor, Samu Heikkilä. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
| Summary |
"This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a displaced Syrian, lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Finnish salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves his wife and his job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable restaurant. Khaled is denied asylum but decides not to return to Aleppo--and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. As deadpan as the best of the director's work, and with a deep well of empathy for its down-but-not-out characters (many of them played by members of Kaurismäki's loyal stock company), The Other Side of Hope is a bittersweet celebration of pockets of human kindness in an unwelcoming world"--Container. |
| Note |
Features: New 2K digital transfer, approved by director Aki Kaurismäki; New interview with 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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Subject |
Sales personnel -- Drama.
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Refugees -- Syria -- Drama.
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Men -- Finland -- Drama.
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Men. (OCoLC)fst01015978
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Sales personnel. (OCoLC)fst01103846
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Finland. (OCoLC)fst01205503
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Syria. (OCoLC)fst01208757
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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| Added Author |
Kaurismäki, Aki, 1957- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Haji, Sherwan, 1985- actor.
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Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956- actor.
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Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954- actor.
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Haji, Niroz, actor.
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Hyytiäinen, Janne, actor.
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Koivula, Ilkka, 1966- actor.
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Koivu, Nuppu, actor.
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Hussein Al-Bazoon, Simon, actor.
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Salminen, Timo, 1952- director of photography.
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Heikkilä, Samu, 1971- editor of moving image work.
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Sputnik Oy (Firm), production company.
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Bufo (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
Container title: Other side of hope |
| ISBN |
9781681434391 |
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1681434393 |
| Standard No. |
715515214612 |
| Music No. |
CC2882BD The Criterion Collection |
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