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b"Dario and Neil visit the Curzon in Aldgate, London, to screen Aki Kaurism\\xe4ki's latest release The Other Side of Hope.\\xa0Exploring similar themes to his last film Le Harve, and effecting Kaurism\\xe4ki's trademark sardonic, black humour, The Other Side of Hope tells the story of an asylum seeker who is faced with an impenetrable bureaucracy.\\xa0He finds unlikely help from a local restaurant owner who is facing his own personal demons and struggles with Finnish society.Neil discusses the career of Aki Kaurism\\xe4ki with Jaakko Sepp\\xe4l\\xe4 from the University of Helsinki. Jaakko suggests Finland\\u2019s most famous filmmaker occupies a paradoxical position in the country's national consciousness and defines his style in terms of ironic minimalism."