Northern Skirts (1999)
- Original title
- Nordrand
- Directed by
- Barbara Albert
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a group of young people from migrant and minority backgrounds living on the fringes of Vienna. It shows their struggles with poverty, prejudice, and a rising tide of xenophobia in the late 1990s.
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What happens
Northern Skirts (German: Nordrand) is a 1999 German-language film directed by Barbara Albert. It was an international co-production between Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It was Austria's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film addresses the marginalisation of the Vienna's migrant and ethnic minority population against the background of rising xenophobia encouraged by Joerg Haider and the so-called Freedom Party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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