Lights from Afar (1998) Lichter aus dem Hintergrund
Lights from Afar (1998)
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Genre: Documentary
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1800x1080 | x264 @ 5217 Kbps | 99 min | 3,83 Gb
Audio: German AAC 2.0 @ 320 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Helga Reidemeister
Writers: Helga Reidemeister, Guntram Weber
Berlin, the German capital again, a few years after the fall of the Wall. The city in upheaval is also changing the lives of its inhabitants. A young photographer experiences these changes as a rupture, he looks into an unclear, unsettling future and increasingly feels like a stranger in his old city. He and his friends from the generation of the children of the Wall try to find a new identity without losing the old one. Young artists who fail the profitability test of the market economy. In his search, Robert Paris ends up far away, in India. Back in Berlin, he started developing photos again - the first in years…
There's been a lot of German movies and documentaries made about the unification of West and East Germany, but I think this one is one of the most interesting ones I have seen. Following the life of a troubled photographer and some of his friends that are trying to adjust to this new capitalist system, he feels left behind and disappointed by the Western way of life and the changes made to his home city, Berlin. The city provides a great background against which these stories are told, and the photography in the film is really beautiful. Being a photographer myself I was moved in many ways by this documentary, and I believe that many people would enjoy it, even if they're not involved in photography. It's a very interesting work.
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Lights from Afar (1998) Lichter aus dem Hintergrund
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