Watch The Other Side of Hope (2017) together, long-distance
comedy film · drama film · 98 min
Open in HeraeAbout the film
The Other Side of Hope (Finnish: Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. The story is about a Finnish businessman who meets a Syrian asylum-seeker looking for his missing sister. It was selected to compete at the main competition of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director. At the time of its release, Kaurismäki noted that this film would be his last as a director, although he went on to make a new film, Fallen Leaves (2023), six years later.
Where it streams
- Prime Video streams in your country
- The Criterion Channel streams in your country
How to watch it together from different places
Each of you opens The Other Side of Hope on your own account. Herae keeps the two players in sync, so a pause or a skip happens for both of you, and puts a video call in the corner of the film so you can see each other react.
How watching together long-distance works
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