This winner of Venice’s Special Jury Prize follows a family of Syrian refugees, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard, who cross each other’s path on the Polish-Belarusian border, the eponymous green border. Veteran Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland’s brutal and angry film shows that when people are dragged back and forth across geopolitical lines, their humanity begins to erode.
“Agnieszka Holland’s brutal and timely drama shines a dark spotlight on the horrors faced by refugees in the exclusion zone between Poland and Belarus…a vital bearing of cinematic witness to what is happening in Europe right now.” – The Guardian
Directed By:
Agnieszka Holland
Running time:
152 mins