Import/Export

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Import/Export
Directed byUlrich Seidl
Produced byUlrich Seidl
StarringEkateryna Rak
Paul Hofmann
Michael Thomas
Natalja Baranova
Natalja Epuraneu
Release date
  • November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguagesGerman
Russian
Slovak

Import/Export is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival[1] and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The film was shot in Vienna, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia from 2005 until May 2007 on 16mm film.[2] Simultaneously, the film follows a nurse from Ukraine searching for a better life in the West and an unemployed security guard from Austria heading East for the same reason.

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Import Export". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  2. ^ "Import Export (2007) - IMDb". IMDb.