VIFF 2017: Aki Kaurismaki is at his best with The Other Side of Hope
(WorldNews Finland)

Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki is a deadpan stylist often compared to Jim Jarmusch, but hints of Lynch and Tarantino drift into this beautifully composed comedy, which manages to hit raw nerves on the refugee crisis in northern Europe while poking fun at Scandinavian reserve. Picking up themes suggested by his last effort, Le Havre , this darkly colourful tale centres on one Syrian escapee who washes up in Helsinki after an accidental voyage that continues to go awry, and not in the usual ways. ......