Nordrand (1999)

Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young ... See full summary »

Director:

Barbara Albert

Writer:

Barbara Albert

Stars:

Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic, Astrit Alihajdaraj

8 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nina Proll	...	Jasmin Schmid
Edita Malovcic	...	Tamara
Astrit Alihajdaraj	...	Senad
Tudor Chirila	...	Valentin
Michael Tanczos	...	Roman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Iva Bagaric
Stefan Bernhard
Liana Fersedi
Georg Friedrich
Susanna Fuss
Markus Hauer
Amelie Huart
Gerhard Kasal
Raphaela Kenesei
Stefan Kenesei

Storyline

Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. Strangers in a strange land, they feel a sense of loss in their new, temporary environment. The five-some meet and get close to each other, hopelessly clinging to friendships and relationships with no future. They frequent cafés and train stations dreaming of a better tomorrow. Often, they just fall back on the prospect of short-term affection in yet another doomed romantic or sexual encounter. Trying hard to suppress the memories of war and alienation, they try to find moral strength and warmth through one another.

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | urban setting | immigrant | title directed by female | refugee | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

polyfilm

Country:

Austria Germany Switzerland

Language:

German Romanian Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

31 August 2000 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Northern Skirts

Filming Locations:

Hagenbrunn, Lower Austria, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fama Film AG, Lotus Film, Zero Film GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Seven Seconds"
Written and Performed by Neneh Cherry / Youssou N'Dour

User Reviews

Beautiful film with great soundtrack

A great film about a multicultural group of young people in Vienna, centered on the friendship between former school pals Jasmin (an Austrian girl) and Tamara (a Serbian girl from Bosnia, but brought up in Austria). The film gives you the feeling that it is perfectly REAL, that this is what the world (or, at least, Vienna) is like. It does have some brutally realistic episodes but also shows some beautiful moments of love and friendship in an unfriendly world. Wonderful performances, especially by Nina Proll who had always been cast as the pretty dumb blonde before but has the opportunity to show her great talent in this film. Also pay attention to the interesting soundtrack, a mixture of mid-Nineties pop, Serbian pop music and Rumanian rap.