
Chinese Title: The Other Side of Hope
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Duration: 98 minutes
Genre: Drama
Country of origin: Finland, Germany
Premiere Information: Chinese Premiere
Chinese Profile: A young Syrian refugee named Khalid has lost almost all of his family. By chance, he hid in a coal ship and landed in Helsinki as a stowaway and sought political asylum there. Vicström was a traveling salesman who bought a non-profitable restaurant in a backstreet in Helsinki after winning a fortune at the poker table. After the local government's decision to return Khalid to Aleppo, he decided to stay in the country illegally. Eventually, Vicström found Khalid sleeping in the inner courtyard of his restaurant and hired him to work as a cleaner and dishwasher in his restaurant. Life will briefly show us its bright side, but fate will soon meddle in it.