I chased The Other Side Of Hope with a film whose
existential metaphors and appreciation for the drudgery and social habits of working stiffs couldn't be more different from Kaurismäki's droll, Capra-esque humanism: Good Luck (Grade: B), a striking documentary
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piece by the American experimental director Ben Russell (Let Each One Go Where He May, A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness).