Comrade, Where Are You Today?
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?
Directed by Kirsi Liimatainen · Written by Kirsi Liimatainen
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- Kirsi Liimatainen Herself
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Evo Morales Himself
Make it a double feature
3h 13m together
Comrade, Where Are You Today?
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A close match in mood and era.
