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

"All That She Wants"
Written by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
Performed by Ace of Base

User Reviews

Film about the very real life

I have not seen this movie in detail yet, so I cannot give a real review. This film (roughly) is about daily life in a lower social class, and it turns out to be pretty realistic. There's no instance that matches things against the good/bad/happy_end "Hollywood scheme".

See this film, but make sure you are not in a bad (depressed/unstable) mood. By the way, there is much utilization of repeating music. You probably will connect at least one popular (European) song of the 90s to this film after seeing it.