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IMPORT EXPORT (Past Film)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline
Release date : Apr 18, 2008
 
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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 141 minutes

Log Line

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.

Year of production : 2007

Director(s) : Ulrich SEIDL
Writer(s) : Ulrich SEIDL, Veronika FRANZ
Cast : Ekateryna RAK, Paul HOFMANN, Michael THOMAS

Producer(s) : Ulrich SEIDL (ULRICH SEIDL FILMPRODUKTION)

Synopsis

Import: Olga, a young nurse in the Ukraine, dreams of a better life in the west. She emigrates to Austria and becomes a cleaning lady in a geriatric hospital, where an 82 year old patient proposes to her.
Export: Paul, a young Austrian security guard in search of a reason to get up in the morning, heads east with his stepfather to try his luck. They end up in the Ukraine, where alcohol and girls are abundant.
"We want to turn away, but it is all so compelling that we can't."
Peter Brunette, Screen

Production

Country(ies) : AUSTRIA

Financing plan : ULRICH SEIDL FILMPRODUKTION
SOCIETE PARISIENNE DE PRODUCTION

BELGIUM SOONER / UNIVER
BRAZIL FILMES DA MOSTR
CANADA FUNFILM DISTRIB
GERMANY ALAMODE FILMDIS
JAPAN KING RECORDS CO
MEXICO MANTARRAYA PROD
NETHERLAND EYE FILMMUSEUM
SWEDEN Mar 20, 2008 NOVEMBERFILM
SWITZERLAN Oct 22, 2008 XENIX FILMDISTR
UNITED KIN Apr 18, 2008 TRINITY FILMED


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