Import Export, Dir Ulrich Seidl, Austria 2007
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Special Preview: Import Export + Ulrich Seidl interview
24 September 2008
"an astonishing film... deeply moral and blackly funny" Sukhdev Sandhu - Daily Telegraph
"Seidl's eye for the grotesque makes him the Diane Arbus of world cinema, and this was often startling, horrible and brilliant." Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian
A formidable and clear-eyed portrait of modern Europe from Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, the noted documentary film-maker who made his feature debut in 2001 with Dog Days. This new film tells two stories: Olga, a young Ukrainian nurse, journeys west to Austria looking for a better life, while unemployed Austrian Paul heads east with his stepfather. Seidl presents separate stories but shared experiences as his characters discover that, despite modern Europe's promise of a better life, things really are tough all over. The director will be present post-screening for a special onstage interview.
Import Export screens at the ICA from 3 October.
Dir Ulrich Seidl, Austria 2007, 135 mins, subtitles, Cert 18
£8 / £7 Concessions / £6 ICA Members.
| Date | Time | Venue | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 24 September 2008 | 8:00 pm | Cinema 1 |
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Import Export
East, West... neither is best, in Ulrich Seidl's twin tales of changing places between Austria and the Ukraine.
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