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West

The road to starting a new life can be a long, hard and tiring one. Sacrifices must be made and challenges must be met. These are exactly the type of obstacles the main character in West faces and the film, while shot decently and featuring some very strong performances, it lags and doesn’t really go in any direction that is worthwhile or interesting. A German export, the film is a perfect example of realism caught on celluloid but fictional and lackluster at best.

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