Ithaca Premiere 2017 > Finland > Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
With Ville Virtanen, Dome Karukoski, Tommi Korpela
Displaced Syrian Khaled lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Wikström leaves behind his wife and job and buys an unprofitable seafood restaurant. After Khaled is denied asylum, he decides not to return to Aleppo - and the paths of the two men cross fortuitously in this deeply humanist portrait of the current refugee crisis. Subtitled. Named one of the best films of 2017 by Film Comment magazine. Shown in 35mm film print. More at janusfilms.com/films/1857
1 hr 38 min