Import/Export

Truls Foss

Roy Andersson mixed with Kieslowski's "Dekalog"- with a small dose of Haneke's cruelty. Seidl's "IMPORT / EXPORT" has some heartbreaking moments I will never forget. And I share Viktor´s opinion, "I believe he makes these films to try to change the world, and for that i admire him greatly".

Viktor Pedersen

In a globalized, consumer society, humans have become a product. Everybody have a price, everybody can be replaced, imported and exported. Ulrich Seidel has a great talent for showing us painful truths, but not without compassion and warmth for the humans involved. I believe he makes these films to try to change the world, and for that i admire him greatly.

El Biffo

Stark naked dismal. Seidl reminds us that every aspect of human life is a commodity: our work, our sexuality our fears, our desires, our desperation, all for sale at bargain-basement prices.

Scott Barley

A film with several moments of brilliance but also clearly exposed flaws. The film tries to convey a pessimistic truth to the socio-cultural circumstances, and in some ways succeeds, but it cannot be denied that the two main characters are the most contrived of the whole film. The films strengths could have been taken further - the garbage-saturated landscapes and factories, and the honest depiction of dying people.

Michael-John

Seidl's two lead actors give amazingly agile performances. They're victims and opportunists, taking loosely scripted scenes and building full characters in a dreary landscape.

Héctor Olguín

Rancia, cruda y provocadora. Gran relato social que no sólo se sostiene de las acertadas actuaciones sino también de una fotografía que acompaña a la perfección el sentido de fracaso de la historia.

Zepo

Sin medias tintas, Seidi utiliza un lenguaje sin moralinas, lleno de valor. Las anologias son crudas, robustas; el poder de occidente utilizando a emigrantes para explotarlos. Las escenas son espaciosas para la introspeccion. Se nos devela en esta pelicula la crudeza de la vejez con un sentido ironico, y el poder del dinero que lo compra todo...

Féeny

Excelente film que muestra el otro lado de los países de primer mundo. La dura vida que atraviesan los migrantes/emigrantes de países como Austria, deja ver que la discriminación, la perversión y la pobreza están profundamente arraigados en casi cualquier parte del mundo.