West (2013)
- Original title
- Westen
- Directed by
- Christian Schwochow
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mother and her young son flee East Germany for the West in the 1970s. They struggle to adapt to a new life in a refugee camp while navigating bureaucracy and suspicion.
melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebleakearthyuncertainrestrainedtensevisceral
What happens
West (German: Westen) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow and written by his mother Heide Schwochow. The film is based on the German novel Lagerfeuer by Julia Franck. Westen had its premiere at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival and was released in the United States on November 7, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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