Toivon tuolla puolen
Subtitle: The other side of hope
By: produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Contributors: Haji, Sherwan, 1985- actor; Kuosmanen, Sakari, 1956- actor; Pakarinen, Kaija, 1954- actor
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 922; Criterion collection -- 922.
Published: 2018
Language: fin
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Illegal aliens; Drama; Employment; Friendship; Restaurants
Other titles: Other side of hope
Description: A Syrian refugee in Helsinki illegally and a middle-aged Finnish salesman form an unlikely friendship when the salesman leaves his job and wife to buy a restaurant and offers the refugee a job.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by critic Girish Shambu in container.

Features: new interview with actor Sherwan Haji; footage from the 2017 Berlin Film Festival press conference for the film, featuring Kaurismäki and the film's actors; new video essay "Aki and Peter" by Daniel Raim about the friendship between Kaurismäki and film critic Peter von Bagh, to whom the film is dedicated; music videos; trailer.

Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Niroz Haji, Janne Hyytiäinen.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In Finnish with optional English subtitles.