Visions of Europe (film)
Visions of Europe is a 2004 internationally co-produced anthology film consisting of 25 short films by as many directors, each from a country representing then member states of the European Union.[1][2] The directors include Aki Kaurismäki, Fatih Akin, Béla Tarr, and Peter Greenaway.[3][4]
Content
All the subjects express their creator's vision of what is Europe or the European Union.[5] The Portuguese director Teresa Villaverde shows migrants arriving on the coast of Italy, in "Cold Water"[6] while the Finnish Aki Kaurismaki films the Portuguese town of Bico.[7] For Lithuania, Šarūnas Bartas directed "Children Lose Nothing",[8] a wordless romance involving two teenagers.
Each short film has an approximate duration of 5 minutes.
| Title | Director | Writer | Cast | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yellow Tag | Jan Troell | Agneta Ulfsäter Troellalan-Rees Johanna Troell |
Sweden | |
| Europe | Christoffer Boe | Henning Moritzen Cecilie Thomsen Marie Hilderbrandt Frederiksen Piera Dencker-Rasmussen |
Denmark | |
| I'll Be Fine | Laila Pakalniņa | N/a | Latvia | |
| Die Bõsen Alten Leder | Fatih Akin | İdil Üner | Germany | |
| Cold Waiter | Teresa Villaverde | N/a | Portugal | |
| The Miracle | Martin Šulík | Martin Šulík Marek Lescak |
Karol Spisák Barbara Horváthová Margarita Huttová Vít Bednárik |
Slovakia |
| Anna Vive a Marghera, Italia (Anna Lives in Marghera, Italy) | Francesca Comencini | N/a | Italy | |
| Children Loose Nothing | Šarūnas Bartas | Ina Marija Bartaitė Julija Steponaityte Rimas Petravieius Aleksas Jermolenko Adele Markauskiene Henrikas Rachkus |
Lithuania | |
| Room for All | Constantine Giannaris | Giorgos Striftaris Theodoros Kemis Athina Sarla |
Greece | |
| Prologue | Béla Tarr | N/a | Hungary | |
| Invisible State | Aisling Walsh | Gerard Mannix Flynn | Ireland | |
| Crossroad | Małgorzata Szumowska | Adam Walicki Monika Winiarczyk Konrad Bugaj Marek Zawierucha Wojciech Szumowski Jacek Drosio |
Poland | |
| Paris by Night | Tony Gatlif | Leila Makhlouf Abdel Mekraza Mohamadou Diao Agathe L'Huillier Marion Lecrivain Rona Hartner |
France | |
| Euro Quiz | Theo van Gogh | Hans Teeuwen | Tara Elders Olga Zuiderhoek |
Holland |
| My House on Tape | Christos Georgiou | Christos Georgiou Giorgos Koumouros |
Antonis Katsaris Dimitris Ksystras Androulla Irakleous Andros Pafios |
Cyprus |
| The European Showerbath | Peter Greenaway | N/a | United Kingdom | |
| Euroflot | Arvo Iho | Arvo Iho Priit Pärn |
Kadri Oim Elinor Kimmel Ilmar Raag Janis Nords Sergei Jõgis Shane Hancock Anna Jatskina |
Estonia |
| Mars | Barbara Albert | Kathrin Resetarits Angus Okanume Markus Hering Rupert L. Lehofer |
Austria | |
| The Isle | Kenneth Scicluna | Ben Stuart Marieclaire Camilleri Eileen Micallef Philip Mizzi |
Malta | |
| Title | Stijn Coninx | Pieter Embrechts Sofie Van Moll Safia Aggoune Benzirar Baroudi |
Belgium | |
| The Language School | Andy Bausch | Hervé Sogne Franck Sasonoff Runa Egilsdóttir |
Luxembourg | |
| Evropa | Damjan Kozole | Peter Musevski Franci Kek Ivica Vidovic |
Slovenia | |
| Unisono | Saša Gedeon | N/a | Czech Republic | |
| Bico | Aki Kaurismäki | Brazelina Rodriques Virginia Rodriques Palmira Fernandes Mariana Lopes-Alves Abel Alves |
Finland | |
| Our Kids | Miguel Hermoso | N/a | Spain | |
Reception
Variety commented that "Offering one of his most accessible films in years, U.K. helmer Peter Greenaway lays on a witty parable in which naked people, each body-painted with a national flag, climb into a warm shower together in the same order in which each country joined the EU."[7]
References
- ^ "Visions of Europe". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Hathaway, Alisa. "Visions of Europe: 25 Films, 25 Directors (2004)". wordpress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "VISIONS OF EUROPE (2004)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Recensione Visions of Europe (2004)". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Szöllösy, Raphaël (2020-11-10). "L'Europe audiovisuelleSur l'imaginaire social de Visions of Europe (2004)". Mise au point. Cahiers de l'association française des enseignants et chercheurs en cinéma et audiovisuel (in French) (13). doi:10.4000/map.4198. ISSN 2261-9623.
- ^ "Duas curtas de Teresa Villaverde no Cinemax". RTP Cinemax (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b Felperin, Leslie (2004-09-28). "Visions of Europe". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Children Lose Nothing (2004) | MUBI, retrieved 2023-09-26