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Eastern Cross

Eastern Cross (1991)

1991-07-23 · 83 min · Rating 6.30/10 (9 votes)

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.

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