Title Long distance love / a film by Magnus Gertten and Elin Jönsson

Published Vienna, Austria : Autlook Filmsales, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (77 minutes) Summary 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 an 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 Notes Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020) Credits Producer, Magnus Gertten & Lennart Störm ; cinematographer, Jon Rudberg ; editor, Jesper Osmund Notes In Kyrgyz and Russian with English subtitles Subject Foreign workers, Central Asian -- Russia (Federation) Transborder ethnic groups -- Russia (Federation) Long-distance relationships -- Kyrgyzstan Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Foreign workers, Central Asian Long-distance relationships Transborder ethnic groups Kyrgyzstan Russia (Federation) Genre/Form Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires. Form Streaming video Author Gertten, Magnus, 1953- director, producer. Jönsson, Elin, director Ström, Lennart, producer Auto Images (Firm : Sweden), production company. Film Platform, film distributor.

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