Description:
A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Two individual fates heading in two opposite directions. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, life: Olga, who comes from teh Eastern part of Europe, where unremitting poverty is the order of the day. Paul, who comes from the Western part, where unemployment doesn't mean hunger, but a crisis of meaning and sense of uselessness. Both are struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life.
IMPORT EXPORT deals with sex and death, living and dying, winners and losers, pwoer and helplessness, The New York Times said "...there is more to movies than escapism...Mr. Seidl offers little in the way of cinematic palliatives. Yet while he's serious, he's also funny, with a sense of humor that skews Beckettian. He is, unlike many others, embracing the world, not in retreat," and Christopher Null of filmcritic.com said "It's that rare film where hope, no matter how large or minuscule, isn't pre-determined but rathe, earned." IMPORT EXPORT tells a story of the modern world that many forget, but is still an important story to tell.
Special Features:
- Interview with Director Ulrich Seidl
- Interview with Cinematographer Ed Lachman