Nordrand

Northern Skirts

Austria / Germany / Switzerland, September 1999
FILM, Fiction, 102 min.

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directed by
Barbara Albert
Written by
Barbara Albert
Status
In distribution
Website
www.nordrand.com

Austria 1995. Five young people from different backgrounds – Jasmin, Tamara, Roman, Senrad and Valentin – meet in Vienna and for a brief time share their lives and aspirations. Alone or in twos, in perfect harmony or in conflict, with themselves or with the others, each of the five try to make the best of the new situation. In Vienna's northern skirts, between jobs, unwanted pregnancy, laboriously repressing experiences from the war in Yugoslavia and the duty of protecting the Austrian border with weapons in hand, the five young people try to give each other support and warmth. Often unwieldy and clumsy, they are filled with the desire to love and be loved, until life again sends them in different directions.

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World Premiere
September 1999
Original Version
German (italian subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 102 min.
Production
Lotus-Film GmbH, zero one film GmbH, FAMA FILM AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Barbara Albert
Written by
Barbara Albert
Cinemato­graphy
Christine A. Maier

Cast

Nina Proll
Astrit Alihajdaraj

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
First Hand Films GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Fama Film Distribution Distribution

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