In Aki Kaurismäki's film, two lives come together in Helsinki: Khaled, a Syrian refugee, arrives in the Finnish capital by chance and applies for asylum. With little hope of success and after his application is rejected, he lives on the streets, where he experiences both racism and unexpected kindness.
In Aki Kaurismäki's film, two lives come together in Helsinki: Khaled, a Syrian refugee, arrives in the Finnish capital by chance and applies for asylum. With little hope of success and after his application is rejected, he lives on the streets, where he experiences both racism and unexpected kindness.
