Import/Export

Import/Export

6.9IMDb Score
Released:2007-10-18
Genre:Drama
Duration:135 min
Director:Ulrich Seidl
Actors:Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas, Susanne Lothar, Natalija Baranova
Production:Pronto Film, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Essential Filmproduktion

Overview:

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. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...

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