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Looking to the West for a better life and hopeful of escaping the ubiquitous poverty of her homeland, young Ukrainian nurse Olga moves to Austria, finding herself a series of menial jobs. At the same time, Paul, an unemployed Austrian security guard makes the opposite journey, heading East in search of work and a new beginning. Seidl’s realist tale of migration presents a bleak yet touching portrait of Europe in crisis.

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This film was last shown at Cornerhouse on Thu 16 Oct 2008

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Languages
German, Russian, Slovakian
Actors
Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hoffman, Michael Thomas
Country
Austria
Director
Ulrich Seidl