The Other Side Of Hope (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)

[Machine Translation] A nationwide theatrical smash hit! Master director Aki Kaurismaki's new direction! The birth of a new masterpiece! The latest film by Aki Kaurismaki, the Finnish master filmmaker who is also immensely popular in Japan. With Kaurismaki's characteristic ironic and offbeat humor and deep humanity, the film earnestly depicts the refugee issue, which is becoming a global theme, and was overwhelmingly praised by critics and audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2017, winning the Silver Bear Award (Best Director). The film features an extremely unique cast, including Syrian actor Sherwan Haji in his first feature film role, and Sakari Kuosmanen (The Man Without a Past, etc.), a regular in Kaurismaki's films. Kaurismaki's own dog, Vulp, also makes an appearance! The film's style of humor, including an episode at a sushi restaurant, remains intact even in the face of heavy themes. --The film is about a young man, Khaled, who flees his homeland of Syria, where the civil war is raging, and accidentally ends up in Helsinki, the capital of Finland in search of his sister, who has been separated from him. Having lost everything in the bombing, his only hope is to find her. The refugee crisis that has plagued Europe has also exposed Kahlid to discrimination and violence in the city, but restaurant owner Vikstrom offers him a helping hand and recruits him to work in his own restaurant. Vikstrom, too, is trying to put his past behind him and start his life anew. The two, who are searching for their own future, eventually become a "family" and there is a glimmer of hope in their lives...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video: full-length insert song(s), trailers, still gallery, visual pamphlet (still)

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全国劇場大ヒット! 名匠アキ・カウリスマキ監督の新境地! 新たな傑作の誕生! 日本でも絶大なる人気をほこるフィンランドの巨匠、アキ・カウリスマキ監督最新作。カウリスマキ特有のアイロニカルかつオフビートなユーモアと深い人間性をもって、世界的なテーマとなりつつある難民問題を真摯に描いた本作は、2017年2月のベルリン国際映画祭で評論家や観客からの圧倒的な評価を受け、見事「銀熊賞」(監督賞)を受賞。長編映画初主演のシリア人俳優シェルワン・ハジ、そしてカウリスマキ映画常連組のサカリ・クオスマネン(『過去のない男』ほか)をはじめとする超個性的なキャスト陣。さらにはカウリスマキ本人の愛犬ヴァルプも登場! 寿司店のエピソードをはじめとして、重いテーマでも決してユーモアは忘れないスタイルは健在。――内戦が激化する故郷シリアを逃れた青年カーリドは、生き別れた妹を探して、偶然にも北欧フィンランドの首都ヘルシンキに流れつく。空爆で全てを失くした今、彼の唯一の望みは妹を見つけだすこと。ヨーロッパを悩ます難民危機のあおりか、この街でも差別や暴力にさらされるカーリドだったが、レストランオーナーのヴィクストロムは彼に救いの手をさしのべ、自身のレストランへカーリドを雇い入れる。そんなヴィクストロムもまた、行きづまった過去を捨て、人生をやり直そうとしていた。それぞれの未来を探すふたりはやがて"家族"となり、彼らの人生には希望の光がさし始める・・・。

特典映像: 劇中曲フルバージョン、オリジナル予告篇/日本版予告篇、スチール・ギャラリー、ビジュアル・パンフレット(※劇場パンフレット〈抜粋〉を静止画で収録)