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

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)

Trailer

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