Import export / Coproduction Office presents an Ulrich Seidl Film production with the support of Sterreichisches Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niedersterreich in cooperation with ORF [Filmfernsehabkommen], Arte France Cinema, ZDF/Arte, Conwert Immobilien ; written by Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz ; produced & directed by Ulrich Seidl.
Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas, Maria Hofstatter, Georg Friedrich. Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Interview with director Ulrich Seidl; interview with cinematographer edition Lachman.
Summary:
Olga is a nurse from the Ukraine who only knows poverty. She searches for a better life in the West. Paul is an unemployed security guard from Austria who travels to the East in search of the same. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, and life. Olga comes from a place where unremitting poverty is the order of the day. Paul comes from a place where unemployment doesn't mean hunger, but a crisis of meaning and sense of uselessness. Both are struggling to believe in themselves and to find a meaning in life.
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