Green Border
Director
Runtime
147 Minutes
Country
Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Classification
M
In turn gripping and poignant, one of the year’s most successful ensembles, creates an ‘empathy machine’ to experience the world of refugees, viscerally trapped between hope and despair.
Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko cynically engineered the Green Border welcoming airplanes of refugees on their way to Europe Union, only to be pushed back at the Polish Border, endlessly trapped between the two countries, with their only hope young activists and others morally compelled to intervene, including the occasional sympathetic border guard or a local unable to turn a blind eye.
A family of Syrian refugees on their way to meet a family member in Sweden and an older Afghani teacher with ties to Poland find themselves pawns in this cruel battle between a dictator and a cold regime protecting its border, but alternately welcoming fellow European refugees from Ukraine.
30 years after Europa Europa, where she told the story of a young Jewish boy maneuvering to survive, three times nominated Oscar winner Agnieska Holland give us in this doco drama, one of the year’s most powerful films. She returns to the theme of a division in the soul of Europeans - between a culture of law and democracy and one of unspeakable self-interest.
"Green Border is unforgettable, in all senses of the word.”
Vulture
“Green Border strikes me as the best and most important film to be released in the U.S. so far this year… spectacularly beautiful.”
RogerEbert.com
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Film Credits
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Year
2023
Country
Poland, France, Czech Republic & Belgium
Language
Polish, Arabic, English & French
Subtitles
English
Type
Feature & Fiction
Program Strand
World Cinema
Producer
Fred Bernstein
Writer
Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Lazarkiewicz & Agnieszka Holland
Cinematographer
Tomek Naumiuk
Editor
Pavel Hrdlička
Cast
Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous & Tomasz Włosok
Music
Frédéric Vercheval
Film Source
Sharmill Films
Genre
Drama
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