IMPORT EXPORT

By Ulrich SEIDL

TRINITY FILMED ENTERTAINMENT - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline

Drama - Completed 2007

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.

    • Year of production
    • 2007
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 141 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ulrich SEIDL
    • Writer(s)
    • Ulrich SEIDL, Veronika FRANZ
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/7A52-0D42-524A-101F-5160-7
    • Producer(s)
    • Ulrich SEIDL (ULRICH SEIDL FILMPRODUKTION)
    • Synopsis
    • Import: Olga, a young nurse in the Ukraine, dreams of a better life in the west. She emigrates to Austria and becomes a cleaning lady in a geriatric hospital, where an 82 year old patient proposes to her.
      Export: Paul, a young Austrian security guard in search of a reason to get up in the morning, heads east with his stepfather to try his luck. They end up in the Ukraine, where alcohol and girls are abundant.
      "We want to turn away, but it is all so compelling that we can't."
      Peter Brunette, Screen
    • Partners & financing
    • ULRICH SEIDL FILMPRODUKTION
      SOCIETE PARISIENNE DE PRODUCTION
    • Production schedule
    • Completion 2007