Long Distance Love

Name: Long Distance Love
Director: Magnus Gertten,Elin Jönsson
Released: 2008

Magnus Gertten Elin Jönsson 2008

In today’s Kyrgyzstan, 18 year old Alisher is forced to leave his young pregnant wife to travel 3.500km away from home to find work in Russia. As one of 12-16 millions migrant workers, he lives and illegal and isolated existence in Moscow under inhuman conditions. This is a love story clouded by migration, exposing the fine line between foreign labour and modern slavery.

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Running Time:

77 min.

Spoken Languages:

Kyrgyz, Russian

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Magnus Gertten Elin Jönsson

Producers:

Magnus Gertten, Lennart Ström

Cinematographers:

Jon Rudberg

Editors:

Jesper Osmund

Production Companies:

Auto Images AB

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Globalization

Immigration and Migrat..

Labor

Society

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Festival Participation

Doc Lisboa
Hamptons IFF
Best Documentary
Nordic Film Forum
SilverDocs
Thessaloniki DFF
Planete Doc
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