Green Border
Best of 2024
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2h 32m
Directed by Agnieszka Holland • Drama • 2024 • Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium • English, Polish, Arabic, French with English subtitles
Starring Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai
Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland ("Europa Europa") brings her masterful filmmaking eye and deep compassion to this portrait of the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland – where refugees are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union – and the migrants, border guards, and activists whose lives collide there.
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