89 Millimeter

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89 Millimeter is a German documentary by Sebastian Heinzel, filmed in 2004 in Belarus. The 77-minute film follows six young Belarusians as they imagine their futures after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The title refers to the 89-millimeter difference between Belarus's railway gauge and those of its western neighbors, a small gap that symbolizes a larger separation. The border is described in the film as the edge of a different world in a country often called Europe’s last dictatorship.