Eastern Cross

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.

Director: Michael Klier

Cast: Laura Tonke, Mirosław Baka, Suzanne von Borsody, Stefan Cammann, Gustaw Barwicki, Henry Marcinkowski, Beatrice Manowski, Lutz Weidlich

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.