Import/Export
Directed by:
Ulrich SeidlCast:
Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Georg Friedrich, Susanne Lothar, Maria Hofstätter, Dirk Stermann, Brigitte Kren, Natalya Baranova, Michael Thomas, Thomas Nash (more)Plots(1)
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. (Trinity Filmed Entertainment)
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A tough life with merciless rules can also be filmed with invention and wit, in a way that captivates the audience and leaves them with something in the end. Ulrich Seidl, however, turns it into pseudo- intellectual bullshit that is uninteresting and boring for the audience and completely unnecessary for the art of cinema.
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