The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen)

***Subtitles by gnl***

TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN

Oh mother, mother, Turn up the lamplight

I'll soon be dead, leave this gang behind

Please buy me a fine white suit to wear

For I'll soon be sleeping In the cold, dead ground

HOSTEL

Shower?

The station, downstairs

- Could you help me? - If I can

Where is the nearest police station?

- Are you sure? - Not really

I will show you. You can decide later

You are here. Then turn left

Good afternoon

I will apply for asylum in Finland

Searching is no problem. You are not the first one

Welcome, Mr. Khaled Ali

Follow me

Turn around

Right

Left

Sign

Wait here

Fred

- Khaled, from Syria - Mazdak, from Iraq

I got the cigarettes from him

- Thanks - Welcome back

Unfortunately, I can't take more. It's bad times

- Do you want coffee? - Happily

I intend to trade industry. You do not want to buy my goods?

You get them at half price, 3000 shirts

It's not possible

I'll finish for Christmas and moves to Mexico City

I'm going to drink sake and dance the hula-wrap

I need some life after so much peace and quiet

What industry do you think of?

I have always liked restaurants. Well theoretically, then

It is a profitable industry. People drink when things go bad

And even more when it goes well

We will not meet again when I go to Mexico

This is my fifth receipt

Issa, show these gentlemen their room

Ok madam

Follow me

You here and you there

Today at one o'clock is your first interview at the immigration centre

It is very important

Are you ready, Khaled?

Here is the address and a map to the center

This is your lD card

Wait there

I have four children. Where are you from?

Sweida, Syria

- Khaled Ali? - Yes

Follow me

I'm a mechanic

I worked at a garage on the outskirts of Aleppo

April 6 last year -

when I came from work -

had something happened

When I came home -

the house was level with the ground

I dont know who did it

Government forces, rebels, -

- USA, Russia, Hezbollah or ISIS

My sister Miriam also came home

She had stood in line in the store to buy bread

We started to dig right away

The neighbors helped

In the morning we had found dad, mom, my little brother

my uncle, his wife and children They had lunch with us

The next morning, when we had buried them,

- I asked my employer about 6000 dollars

My cousin drove us in one truck to the Turkish border

We crossed the border on foot

We were lucky. That day there were no border guards there

Two weeks later we found a smuggler. We paid $ 3,000

He took us to Greece by boat

From there we continued on foot to Serbia via Macedonia

We came to the Hungarian border

There was panic, and Miriam disappeared from me

I saw that the border was closed

Miriam was left on the other side

I tried to get there back across the border

Two policemen arrested me and slammed me into the ground

They put handcuffs on me and threw me in jail

Were you exposed to violence?

All the time

They tried to take my sister three times

But good people helped us

Why did your boss give you so much money?

He is the father of my fiance

Where is your fiance now?

She died in the beginning of the war

Continue

You ended up in prison

I was beaten, but after four days I escaped

I was looking for my sister, but did not find her

I asked at all the refugee camps, but no one knew anything.

For two months, I went around Hungary, Austria, Slovenia and Germany.

I also went back to Serbia - I thought she might look for me there.

How did you get across borders?

That was easy

No one wants to see us.

We cause problems.

Did you not seek asylum in any country?

No

I needed to move freely in order to look for my sister

I know she's alive.

I know this

Here's a photo of her

Write down the name and her date of birth

And describe her as well as you can

We'll put out a search request for her

Would you like to take a break?

Why?

Give us a fag

Sorry, I do not understand

Then answer, you asshole

My fist your face, shithead?

See you again, camel driver!

Here is the key to the warehouse. Let me know when it's emptied

Alright

Is there room for one more?

Studpoker. Minimum bid one hundred

No upper limit

Pair of queens

Two pair

Pair of nines

And...

Pair of tens. Two pair high

Two hundred

Two hundred

Five hundred

I call

Pair of tens

Nothing

Pair of fivers

Nothing

One hundred

That's enough for me

I call

Three tens

See you later

Shouldn't we finish this game?

How much do you have?

Sixty thousand and small change

New deck

Six of clubs, ace high

Three of clubs, aces high

Two of clubs

Pair of aces still high

Five of clubs, possible straight flush

Three aces

Four aces. Straight flush wins

Don't come here anymore

Don't worry. I won't

BUSINESS AGENCY

- Wikström - Vaittinen

Here it is

Like I said, what we don't have, It's not profitable

Debt-free restaurant business

Quite a good reputation

At one location only right now

Would you have seen

Just a short walk from here

"The Golden Pint Restaurant" Excellent name

Makes you thirsty right away, or what?

Quite affordable rental space, 1400 a month

Two employees, evidently competent-

they come along as long-standing employees

How much?

Asking price is 30,000

Quite reasonable for a business -

with an established clientele

If you get clean papers from the authorities -

we'll go and have a look

I can do that within a minute

Good relations with the authorities are the key to our business

For the Tax Office I'm like a member of the family

THE GOLDEN PINT

TODAYS SPECIAL STRONG SILD - 8 MARK

Welcome, gentlemen

Please step in

Here again

- Do furnishings come with the deal? - I think it can be arranged

It'll have to do

I'll pay 25,000

- I'll ask the owner if it's enough - I believe it is

Congratulations. You got a fine place practically for free

It is a goldmine. I wouldn't sell it -

- had I not been forced to go on disability pension. Trouble with the spine

A coat of paint, so - Undoubtedly

Great location. A lot of wealthy students live in the area

- What about pay you owe? - Tomorrow. You know me

I must cash the cheque first

To the airport

The names?

- Calamnius - Nyrhinen