Comrade, Where Are You Today?
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In 1988, 20-year-old Kirsi Marie Liimatainen travels from Finland to the GDR, to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Youth Academy. In summer of´89 the course ends and the students spread out over the world. Afew months later, the Berlin Wall falls. 24 years later Kirsi, sets out on a cinematic journey to Nicaragua, South Africa, Chile, Bolivia, Lebanon, Germany and Finland to meet up once more with her former fellow students. What remains of their dream of the liberation of the oppressed?
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Kirsi Liimatainen Director · Yoliswa Gärtig Cinematographer
Budget $300K · United States release May 3, 2018 · Produced in Germany, Finland
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$300,000
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Ilanga Films
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Germany · Finland
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Finnish · German · Spanish
Release dates
Austria · August 18, 2016
Digital
Germany · August 18, 2016
Theatrical
United States · May 3, 2018
Goethe-Institut Washington
Canada
January 23, 2018 · Nordic Nights, Toronto
Finland
November 10, 2017 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 18, 2016 · Digital
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