Import/Export (2007)

Directed by

Ulrich Seidl

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Austria

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

18+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 124 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Ukrainian nurse who travels to Austria for work, and an Austrian security guard who goes to Ukraine hoping for opportunity. Their paths cross as both search for a better life.

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What happens

Import/Export is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia from 2005 until May 2007 on 16mm film. Simultaneously, the film follows a nurse from Ukraine searching for a better life in the West and an unemployed security guard from Austria heading East for the same reason. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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