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Import/Export (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
135 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Ulrich Seidl

Written By:
Veronika Franz
Ulrich Seidl

Actors:
Ekateryna Rak ..... Olga
Paul Hofmann ..... Pauli
Michael Thomas ..... Michael
Maria Hofstätter ..... Schwester Maria
Georg Friedrich ..... Pfleger Andi
Natalya Baranova ..... Olgas Freundin - Ukraine (as Natalja)
Natalja Epureanu ..... Olgas Freundin
Erich Finsches ..... Erich Schlager
Herbert Fritsch ..... Paulis Vater
Susanne Lothar ..... Paulis Mutter
Petra Morzé ..... Mother in Family Home
Thomas Nash ..... Ausbilder für Putzfrauen
Dirk Stermann

Synopsis:

Director Ulrich Seidl's quirky drama Import/Export unfolds against the backdrop of contemporary Europe. As Ukrainian nurse Olga (Ekateryna Rak) leaves her family and heads west to search for a better life - ultimately pinning down a job as a charwoman in the geriatric wing of a hospital - laid-off Viennese security guard Paul (Paul Hofmann) treks out of Austria with his stepfather in-tow and lands in the Ukraine. Each of these characters, courting great optimism, attempts to start over and begin a new and dazzling life, but encounters instead a bleak, grim and difficult reality. Their separate journeys also impart much newfound experiential wisdom about death and sexuality - plus a lesson or two about how to clean the teeth of a stuffed animal.

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

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 February, 2009.

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