The Other Side of Hope

Tommi Korpela as Melartin Sakari Kuosmanen as Wikström Antti Virmavirta as Police at the Station Sherwan Haji as Khaled Maria Järvenhelmi as Reception Center Officer Taneli Mäkelä as Seller of the Restaurant Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Poker Player Ville Virtanen as Judicial Authority Kati Outinen as Clothing Store Owner Milka Ahlroth as Asylum interviewer Hannu Kivioja as Police at Restaurant Inspection Nuppu Koivu as Mirja Simon Al-Bazoon as Mazdak Mikko Mykkänen as Poker Room Doorman Kaija Pakarinen as Wikström's Wife Juuso Hirvikangas as Man on the Beach Dome Karukoski as Hooligan at the Bus Stop Lauri Untamo as Police in Front of the Shop Juho Kuosmanen as Bus Passenger (uncredited) Niroz Haji as Miriam Juhani Niemelä as Poker Player Jörn Donner as Poker Player Elias Westerberg as Winston Janne Hyytiäinen as Nyrhinen Tommi Eronen as Hooligan at the Bus Stop Vesa Häkli as Hooligan at the Bus Stop Matti Onnismaa as Man with Cold Stare Atte Blom as Poker Player Mirja Oksanen as Judicial Authority Ilkka Koivula as Calamnius Timo Torikka as Police at the Station Hannu Lauri as Poker Player Elina Knihtilä as Restaurant Inspector Tuomari Nurmio as Busker / Band Member Sulevi Peltola as Poker Room Operator

Markku Pätilä Production Design Olli Pärnänen Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor Aki Kaurismäki Director, Producer, Writer Peter von Bagh In Memory Of