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BEASTS FROM THE EAST
by Laura Harwarth

INFO
Feature film,
coming-of-age thriller
120 minutes
Screenplay funded by the
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
2005: Nadja, Deniz, and Jeannot, three teenagers, grow up in East Germany as children of guest workers. After serving detention together, a tender friendship develops between them, but then their paths diverge suddenly and tragically. Twenty years later, the three meet again in a fateful encounter. Only Deniz has achieved social mobility. Their reunion raises questions of guilt, origin, and identity.
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