The Other Side

The Other Side

Directed by Roberto Minervini

Produced by Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Okta Film

201592 min6.4 / 10

A sobering documentary portrait of a marginalized community struggling against systemic abandonment and social erasure, grounded in intimate human observation.

In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future mothers, and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, the door opens to the abyss of today's America.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Other Side sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Other Side scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is The Other Side violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does The Other Side end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Other Side easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

35/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity29

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise36

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Other Side

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Other Side

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Other Side, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Other Side, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Other Side, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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