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    'The Other Side of Hope' is an offbeat Finnish refugee tale with a lot of heart

    by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Dec 04, 2017 2 minutes

    Aki Kaurismaki, the Finnish director with the euphonious name, is a filmmaker who goes his own way, and never more so than in "The Other Side of Hope."

    Known for idiosyncratic work that is improbable and endearing, products of the most deadpan comic sensibility since Buster Keaton, Kaurismaki's wacky films come with sui generis titles like "Leningrad Cowboys

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