The Other Side Of Hope (UK-import)
Finnish comedy drama written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film follows the journey of Syrian asylum seeker Khaled (Sherwan Haji) as he arrives in Helsinki on a coal train and begins looking for work after evading the law. Meanwhile, traveling salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) buys the Golden Pint restaurant with the proceeds of a high-stakes poker game shortly after leaving his troubled wife. The pair meet when Khaled arrives at the restaurant seeking employment and Wikström is more than happy to help him, going so far as to take him in and procure a fake ID card for him. When Wikström finds out that Khaled's sister went missing en route he also feels compelled to help find her.
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