Underplayed Gems

Far End of the Milky Way (2013)

Far End of the Milky Way poster
Original title
Am Ende der Milchstraße
Directed by
Dirk Uhlig, Leopold Grün
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
6
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary visits a tiny village in eastern Germany that was left behind by political and economic change. The people who stay there get by with humor and stubbornness, making do with little money and few jobs. The film shows their daily lives, from gardening to butchering pigs, and their attachment to a place others have forgotten.

observationalquietwrymelancholicslow-pacedintimateresilientunderstated

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