Kuolleet lehdet (Fallen Leaves)

2023. Romantic Comedy Drama

By Aki Kaurismäki

Starring: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Sherwan Haji, Matti Onnismaa, Simon Al-Bazoon, Martti Suosalo, Maustetyöt, Sakari Kuosman, Maria Heiskanen, Alina Tomnikov, Juho Kuosmanen, Alma the dog

Country: Finland

Language: Finnish

Aki Kaurismäki’s “Kuolleet Lehdet” (Fallen Leaves) September 15, 2023.

The Other Side of Hope (2017, Aki Kaurismäki)

The Other Side of Hope (2017)

“No one wants to see us.”

The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki, 2017)

the other side of hope (2017)

L'altro volto della speranza

L’altro volto della speranza

Seppur non sia il miglior Kaurismaki, L’altro volto della speranza è un’eccellente pellicola, che fa incontrare la realtà della clandestinità con la surreale e asettica finzione umoristica del regista finlandese. Due “film” completamente distanti che s’incontrano per necessità e per impartire importanti lezioni di umanità. (more…)

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‘The Other Side Of Hope’ Trailer: Aki Kaurismaki Takes On The Refugee Crisis

In a season filled with expensive, noisy blockbusters and over eager Oscar contenders, a new film by the singular, wonderful Aki Kaurismaki is a soothing balm. “The Other Side Of Hope” is coming soon, and it looks like it’ll be a delightfully different treat from the cinematic treadmill.

Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu, Ilkka Koivula, Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon, Kaija Pakarinen, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela and Tuomari Nurmio, star in the award winning movie about a Syrian refugee who crosses paths with a restaurant owner in Helsinski, with the typically comical and surreal results we expect from Kaurismaki.

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Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side Of Hope)

Director Aki Kaurismäki Stars Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Simon Al-Bazoon Finland/Germany 2017 Language Finnish, English, Arabic, Swedish (with English subtitles) 1hr 40mins Colour

Syrian refugee fetches up in Kaurismäki’s Helsinki

Aki Kaurismäki does not make what you’d call social-realist films. There’s none of that Ken Loach we-just-happened-to-capture-this-on-camera naturalism. Rather, Kaurismäki’s films are utterly (and beautifully) stylised, from the use of shadows – often for shots showing people standing or sitting still, to the deadpan acting. The characters are usually somewhat eccentric, and although most of his films are set when they were filmed, Kaurismäki’s characters nevertheless seem to exist in a bubble where everything feels like it belongs somewhere between 1940 and 1962*.

And yet those characters are affected by the stuff of social-problem films: recession and unemployment (Drifting Clouds, Ariel), homelessness (The Man Without A Past, Kaurismäki’s masterpiece), and, in his most recent films (Le Havre and this one), the refugee crisis. It’s just you’re less likely to think of them as issue films when the (in)action is frequently interrupted by bands playing twangy, bluesy rock and there’s a bizarre interlude when a grim-looking Finnish diner has a brief, disastrous reinvention as a sushi restaurant, complete with the staff in full Japanese costume. Plus, there’s little to no speechifying, not least because that would require the characters to be far more talkative than they ever are.

In The Other Side Of Hope, it takes a long time for our two leads to meet, although they do pass in the street early on. Khaled (Sherwan Haji) is a Syrian who has just smuggled himself to Helsinki on a cargo ship. Against the advice of the black guy working at the train station, he turns himself in at a police station and applies for asylum, and ends up in a holding centre. Meanwhile, Wikström (Kaurismäki regular Sakari Kuosmanen) is a shirt salesman in his sixties whose marriage has collapsed and who wants to make a new start, to do which he has to first win a high-stakes poker game. The poker scene is tremendous, an epic (but still on Kaurismäki’s terms) showdown between a collection of hefty, besuited, equally blank-faced men of a certain age. Eventually, with an unexpressive, unpatronising benevolence, Wikström will be in a position to help Khaled out. 

The Other Side Of Hope feels like it has fewer jokes than most Kaurismäki films, and quite a lot of time in the first half of the film is spent showing Khaled’s dealings with the immigration system. It settles into more familiar (and funnier) territory when we get to the diner with its revolting-looking food and fabulously low-intensity (but basically decent) staff (including another member of the Kaurismäki rep company, Ilkka Koivula). And you’d never have any doubts to who made this film, with plenty of the director’s signature elements: Wikström driving a big American car (a Checker cab, in fact), the aforementioned bands, lots of shots of a jukebox, a number of port-set scenes, etc, and an awful lot of smoking… Even when there’s a laptop on screen, you get a manual typewriter alongside it.

Sherwan Haji (this appears to be his first appearance in a movie, but he is a trained actor) is an endearing presence as Khaled, who likeable and adaptable but most of all resilient – because to make it as far as Finland you would need stubbornness and resourcefulness as well as a desperation to be anywhere other than where you came from. He makes a good contrast with Kuosmanen, who seems to be twice his size as well as three times his age. 

I guess this is a political film of sorts, just not an obvious one, or not mostly – the most explicit it gets is when one character’s asylum claim getting rejected is followed immediately by a long stretch of news footage of Aleppo being bombed flat. In Finland, Khaled encounters people (Finns and other immigrants, government employees and passing acquaintances) willing to put themselves at risk for him but also anti-immigrant thugs. Maybe the politics are simply of the ‘please don’t be a bastard, if possible’ variety. 

It’s a sometimes sad, sometimes hopeful, bittersweet film. And personally, I’d rather have issues taken on by a filmmaker like Kaurismäki than someone waving a manifesto or shooting everything in an outdated approximation of documentary style.

*One of the things in common he has with Jim Jarmusch, with whom he has a longtime mutual admiration pact (see the Helsinki segment of Night On Earth, which features Sakari Kuosmanen).

Official US Trailer for Aki Kaurismäki's 'Film 'The Other Side of Hope'

"Kale has a very sad story." Janus Films has launched a brand new US trailer for the upcoming stateside release of Aki Kaurismäki's latest indie gem film, the highly acclaimed The Other Side of Hope. Set in Helsinki, Finland, this film tells the story of two struggling men whose lives intersect in the middle of the city. One story follows a young refugee from Syria who sneaks into Helsinki, the other follows a traveling salesman who buys a small, unprofitable restaurant. The ensemble cast features Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Nuppu Koivu, Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon, and Niroz Haji. This has played at festivals all over the world, and is regarded as one of the best international films this year. It's quite a quirky, funky trailer that really captures how unique and intelligent this film is. ›››

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L'autre côté de l'espoir • ★★★★★ • Réalisé par Aki Kaurismäki, Avec Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Simon Al\-bazoon • Helsinki. Deux destins qui se croisent. Wikhström, la cinquantaine, décide de changer de vie en quittant sa femme alcoolique et son travail de représentant de commerce pour ouvrir un restaurant. Khaled est quant à lui un jeune réfugié syrien, échoué dans la capitale par accident. Il voit sa demande d’asile rejetée mais décide de rester malgré tout. Un soir, Wikhström le trouve dans la cour de son restaurant. Touché par le jeune homme, il décide de le prendre sous son aile.

Berliini.

Elokuvantekijä Aki Kaurismäenhttp://ift.tt/2hotxnd normaalista poikkeava käytös sai jatkoa Berliinin elokuvajuhlien päättölauantaina. Palkintojenjaossa Kaurismäki jäi jo istumaan omalle paikalleen, kun juhlassa kerrottiin hänen voittavan parhaan ohjaajan palkinnon.

Palkintojenjakajan ja juhlan juontajan, kuulun saksalaisesiintyjän Anke Engelkenhttp://ift.tt/2luRZFT oli käveltävä Kaurismäen luokse katsomoon. Kaurismäki kiitti lyhytsanaisesti. Hänen seuranaan juhlassa olivat elokuvassa esiintyvät näyttelijät Sherwan Haji http://ift.tt/2hw7Ml9ja Simon Al-Bazoonhttp://ift.tt/2luYW9O.

Tuntia myöhemmin järjestettyyn lehdistötilaisuuteen Kaurismäki ei saapunut lainkaan.

Muut festivaalilla palkintoja voittaneet sen sijaan saapuivat normaaliin tapaan kansainvälisen median eteen esittelemään palkintojaan ja kertomaan työstään. Heitä myös valokuvattiin runsaasti. Suomalais-auteur puuttui joukosta.

”Olemme pahoillamme, mutta Aki Kaurismäki ei osallistu tilaisuuteen”, totesi lehdistöpäällikkö Frauke Greinerhttp://ift.tt/2kKQHT2 Berliinin elokuvajuhlien toimistosta, kun HS kysyi Kaurismäen poissaolosta.

”Syytä en osaa sanoa”, lehdistöpäällikkö Greiner totesi.

”Olemme hyvin iloisia hänen saamastaan palkinnosta.”

Kaurismäen suomalaisia edustajia Helsingin Sanomat ei tavoittanut. Sen sijaan Kaurismäen kansainvälinen pr-vastaava Wolfgang W. Werner http://ift.tt/2luZqNc kertoo, että Kaurismäki lähipiireineen kysyi festivaalilta, voiko lehdistötilaisuudesta jäädä pois.

”Se sopi heille”, Werner kertoo HS:lle.

”Aki halusi lähteä heti palkintojenjaon jälkeen. Hän on tehnyt festivaalin aikana paljon töitä. Se oli hänen oma päätöksensä. Me keskustelimme siitä festivaalin protokollaosaston kanssa, ja se sopi heille”, Werner kertoo.

Wernerin mukaan myös Kaurismäen poikkeava käytös palkintojuhlassa eli paikalleen istumaan jääminen oli sovittu etukäteen festivaalijärjestäjien kanssa.

Wernerin mukaan Kaurismäki lähipiireineen oli sopinut, ettei Kaurismäen tarvitse kiivetä lavalle. Werner muistuttaa, että Aki toivoi samaa jo omassa ensi-illassaan tiistaina. Sielläkään hän ei kiivennyt lavalle vastaanottamaan aplodeja.

”Aki on tehnyt paljon töitä. Ja hän on vahva persoona, niin kuin varmasti tiedät. Ei tähän liity mitään sellaista, mitä luulet”, Werner sanoi.

Suomessa keskusteltiin loppuviikostahttp://ift.tt/2kKTITi vilkkaasti Kaurismäen kunnosta elokuvajuhlilla. Hän vaikutti juopuneelta suomalaisen median haastatteluissa torstaina.

Akin poissaolo lehdistötilaisuudesta ei siis liity juomiseen?

”Tämä oli sovittu etukäteen. Kuten sanoin, Aki on tehnyt paljon töitä ja halusi jättää sen väliin.”

Kaurismäki aloitti elokuvantekijänä 1980-luvun alussa, ja Berliinissä hänelle myönnetty ohjaajapalkinto on merkittävä tunnustus 59-vuotiaalle taiteilijalle. Kaurismäki on elokuvansa käsikirjoittaja, ohjaaja ja tuottaja. Toivon tuolla puolen on hänen 19. elokuvansa.

The Other Side of Hope (Aki Kaurismäki, 2017)

02-15 BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 14: (L-R) Actor Ilkka Koivula, finnish actor Janne Hyytiainen, syrian-finnish actor Sherwan Haji, actor Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon, Dieter Kosslick, actress Nuppu ... http://dlvr.it/NNTz1Z