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Eastern Drift (2010)

Eastern Drift poster
Original title
Eurazijos aborigenas
Directed by
Šarūnas Bartas
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
U
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drug smuggler wants to leave the life but gets betrayed. He goes on the run with his ex-girlfriend who works as a prostitute, traveling from Moscow to France through Belarus and Lithuania.

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What happens

Eastern Drift is a 2010 Lithuanian crime film directed by Šarūnas Bartas, starring Bartas and Klavdiya Korshunova. Its Lithuanian title is Eurazijos aborigenas and its French title is Indigène d'Eurasie, which means "Eurasian native". It tells the story of a drug smuggler who wants to quit, but is betrayed and tries to flee, together with his prostitute ex-girlfriend, from Moscow to France through Belarus and Lithuania. The film premiered in the Forum section of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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