Was meant to go see La La Land this evening, but the show we were meant to go see with my mate was already sold out by the time we got there, even though the film is over 2 months old now. Bloody bastard who still haven't seen it... like me.
Anyway, in a twist of events that
@R.N7 will love, we ended up going to see a Finnish film called Toivon tuolla puolen, or The Other Side of Hope in English, by Aki Kaurismäki who is fairly mainstream as far as Finnish directors go, I believe. Anyway, it was pretty good, it tells the story of a Syrian refugee who arrives in Finland and tries to find his place in this alien society, all the while worrying about his sister he lost during their exile. The first half is pretty slow and sets up the story nicely if a bit
too slowly, and the second half is a bit funnier and faster. The humour is completely absurd but is delivered really well, even though the story is pretty grim ultimately and feels very real if that makes sense. Enjoyable film to watch, though not that memorable overall I think.