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Comrade, Where Are You Today?
6.3 / 10• 2016• 1h 53m•NR• German
Documentary
Storyline
In 1988, 20-year-old Kirsi Marie Liimatainen travels from Finland to the GDR, to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Youth Academy. In summer of´89 the course ends and the students spread out over the world. Afew months later, the Berlin Wall falls. 24 years later Kirsi, sets out on a cinematic journey to Nicaragua, South Africa, Chile, Bolivia, Lebanon, Germany and Finland to meet up once more with her former fellow students. What remains of their dream of the liberation of the oppressed?
Cast & Crew
KL
Kirsi Liimatainen
Herself
Lead
Evo Morales
Himself
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kirsi Liimatainen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Comrade, Where Are You Today? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
