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Bookmark this pageDistant Lights (2003)
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
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From Time Out Film Guide
Political and economic boundaries cast a long shadow over a number of European films in 2003. This ambitious, engrossing multi-strand drama flits back and forth across the German-Polish border, finding desperate Eastern European refugees on one side, economic recession on the other, cynicism and corruption in between. Schmid's moving film asks what responsibilities we have to our impoverished neighbours, but more than that, posits 21st century capitalism as morally and socially bankrupt. Three Colours White star Zbigniew Zamachowski makes a strong impression among the ensemble.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Producer: Jakob Clausen, Thomas Wöbke, Uli Putz
Cast: Ivan Shvedoff, Sergej Frolov, Anna Janowskaja, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Devid Striesow, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maria Simon, August Diehl full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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