Saddleworth Film Society - The Other Side of Hope

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<p>Saddleworth Film Society - The Other Side of Hope</p>

<p>Monday 14 May 2018 - all films start at 8.00pm, unless otherwise notified.</p>

<p>Worthy winner of the 2017 Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director, it is a beautiful, timely film from one of the world's leading auteurs. Khaled (Sherwan Haji) arrives at the port of Helsinki concealed in a coal container, fleeing war-torn Syria to seek asylum in Finland. Dazed and frustrated by the monolithic administration he encounters at the detention centre, he makes a break for it and heads out onto the streets.</p>

<p> There he meets Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen), a former shirt salesman who has recently left his alcoholic wife for a new life as a bachelor restaurateur. Together, they help each other to navigate the adversities they face in these unfamiliar and often baffling new worlds.</p>

<p>http://www.saddleworthfilmsociety.co.uk/</p>