Toivon Tuolla Puolen (2017)
TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN (2017) Say that out loud. It sounds intriguing right? Perhaps I’m biased due to my long held affinity for Aki Kaurismäki but The Other Side Of Hope is my favorite movie of 2017 thus far. Previous films of Kaurismäki I like include #DriftingClouds , #ShadowsInParadise , #TheMatchFactoryGirl and #TheManWithoutAPast . Like some other director everyone is intently focused on the work of this year, #Kaurismaki gathers his #epochal #ensemble, withered by time but glorious in appearance, craftsmanship and ability to make a stand without histrionic facade but rather with a Finnish craftsmanship, immediacy, efficiently and for lack of a better term, #cutanddry melancholy. The #bigStatements are blatant in Kaurismäki’s work but with that comes sympathy, wonder and engagement not or #IsItaJustConfusion? Why freak us out with anything but the truth? Well, that’s the #Nordic way. One of the stand out parts of this movie is when a crowded cafe of primarily Finni
