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State of the Nation (2002)

State of the Nation (2002)

Documentary
Release Date: 2002, August 3
Directors: Ulrich Seidl, Barbara Albert, Michael Glawogger, Michael Sturminger
Countries: Austria
Production: Lotus-Film

Overview:

Four film-makers embark on a cinematic survey of Austria, documenting the political and social state of the nation and its people. An eye-opening experience. In the wake of the 1999 elections, four filmmakers decided to go out with cameras in hand and gauge the mood of their countrymen, who had made Jörg Haider's FPO party the second most powerful in Austria. What they found was a country apparently "like any other" , filled with nice ordinary people. Who feel perfectly comfortable dreaming of a possible future without foreigners, or speaking with equanimity about the old days of the Third Reich.

Keywords:

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