From the East
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In this incisive dispatch from the newly collapsed Soviet empire, bullet holes from WWII still pockmark the old stone buildings. Akerman journeys from East Germany to Moscow between the late summer and winter of 1993 ('while there’s still time'), chronicling in deliberate tracking shots, circular pans, and domestic tableaux yet another moment of radical upheaval in the 20th-century, the faces and bodies of Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, and Russians weighed down with obedient resignation and uncertainty.
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Chantal Akerman Director · Rémon Fromont Cinematographer Bernard Delville Cinematographer
First release August 1, 1993 · Produced in Belgium, France, Portugal · Production Lieurac Productions, Paradise Films
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RTP
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Lieurac Productions
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Paradise Films
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La Sept-Arte
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RTBF
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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
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Belgium · France · Portugal
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Original title
D'Est
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · August 1, 1993
TV · ARTE
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 16, 1993 · Theatrical
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