From the East

Chilly Berlin Station to Moscow in 1993 meets road movie without the road. A camera tracks through half-empty streets and cramped kitchens as pensioners reheat soup and shopkeepers count dwindling cash. Films the quiet collapse of empire frame by frame.

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Chantal Akerman directed From the East in 1993. See Chantal Akerman's full filmography, where to start with Chantal Akerman, or where to go after you've seen everything by Chantal Akerman.

From the East was released in 1993 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.