Northern Skirts

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 31, 1999

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

Austria

Production

Lotus-Film,Zero Film,Lotus-Film, Zero Film

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0209187