Visions of Europe (2004)

Directors:

Fatih Akin
Barbara Albert

Writers:

Laila Pakalnina (2 segments)
Fatih Akin (segment)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Immigration | Bureaucracy | European Union | Environmental | Essay

Cast

Safia Aggoune	...	(segment "Self Portrait")
Abel Alves	...	(segment "Bico")
Benzirar Baroudi	...	(segment "Self Portrait")
Ina-Marija Bartare	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Vit Bednárik	...	(segment "The Miracle")
Konrad Bugaj	...	(segment "Crossroad")
Marieclaire Camilleri	...	(segment "The Isle")
Silvio Catania	...	(segment "The Isle")
Catherine Constant	...	Attache for Cooperation, Embassy of France (segment "Unisono")
Mohamadou Moudamou Diao	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Runa Egilsdóttir	...	(segment "The Language School")
Tara Elders	...	(segment "Euroquiz")
Pieter Embrechts	...	Patrick (segment "Self Portrait")
Androuilla Erakleous	...	(segment "My Life on Tape")
Godwin Farrugia	...	(segment "The Isle")
Palmira Fernandes	...	(segment "Bico")
Gerard Mannix Flynn	...	Himself (segment "Invisible State")
FM Einheit	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Rona Hartner	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Markus Hering	...	(segment "Mars")
Barbara Horvathova	...	(segment "The Miracle")
Marios Ioannou	...	Himself (segment "Room for All")
Aleksas Jermolenko	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Antonis Katsaris	...	(segment "My Life on Tape")
Franci Kek	...	(segment "Europa")
Theodoros Kemis	...	Himself (segment "Room for All")
Elinor Kimmel	...	(segment "Euroflot")
Christian Kmiotek	...	(segment "The Language School")
Lukasz Kozub	...	(segment "Crossroad")
Lubica Krenova	...	Director of the Slovak Institute in Prague (segment "Unisono")
Dimitris Ksystras	...	(segment "My Life on Tape")
Marion Lecrivain	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Rupert L. Lehofer	...	(segment "Mars") (as Rupert M. Lehofer)
Agathe L'Huillier	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Mariana Lopes-Alves	...	(segment "Bico")
Marco Lorenzini	...	(segment "The Language School")
Leila Makhlouf	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Huttová Margita	...	(segment "The Miracle") (as Margita Huttová)
Adele Markauskiene	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Abdel Mekraza	...	(segment "Paris by Night")
Eileen Micallef	...	(segment "The Isle")
Philip Mizzi	...	(segment "The Isle")
Gustavo Monge	...	Official Correspondent of Spain (segment "Unisono")
Henning Moritzen	...	(segment "Europe Does Not Exist")
Peter Musevski	...	(segment "Europa")
Stephan Nobbe	...	Director of the Goethe Institute in Prague (segment "Unisono")
Janis Nords	...	(segment "Euroflot")
Kadri Oim	...	(segment "Euroflot")
Angus Okanume	...	(segment "Mars")
Andros Pafios	...	(segment "My Life on Tape")
Bojan Pancev	...	Director of the Bulgarian Institute (segment "Unisono")
Gintare Parulyte	...	(segment "The Language School") (as Gintaré Parulyté)
Walter Persche	...	Director of Austrian Cultural Forum (segment "Unisono")
Rimas Petravieius	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Matjaz Puc	...	First Secretary, Embassy of Slovenia (segment "Unisono")
Ilmar Raag	...	(segment "Euroflot")
Henrikas Rachkus	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Alan Rees	...	(segment "The Yellow Tag") (voice)
Kathrin Resetarits	...	(segment "Mars") (as Katrin Resetarits)
Juliette R.	...	(segment "Mars")
Brazelina Rodriques	...	(segment "Bico") (as Brazélina Rodriques)
Virginia Rodriques	...	(segment "Bico")
Jean-Pierre Roland	...	Delegate of the Francophone Government, Embassy of Belgium (segment "Unisono") (as Jean Pierre Roland)
Carl Gösta Rüster	...	Official Correspondent of Sweden (segment "Unisono")
Athina Sarla	...	Herself (segment "Room for All")
Franck Sasonoff	...	(segment "The Language School") (as Frank Sasnoff)
Sonja Schmid	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Birte Schultz	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Phoebe Scott	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Hervé Sogne	...	(segment "The Language School")
Karol Spisák	...	(segment "The Miracle")
Julija Steponaityte	...	(segment "Children Lose Nothing")
Yiorgos Striftaris	...	Himself (segment "Room for All") (as George Striftaris)
Ben Stuart	...	(segment "The Isle")
Robert Kiss Szeman	...	Director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre (segment "Unisono")
Bing Tang	...	Herself (segment "Room for All")
Cecilie Thomsen	...	(segment "Europe Does Not Exist")
Johanna Troell	...	(segment "The Yellow Tag")
Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell	...	(segment "The Yellow Tag") (voice)
Idil Üner	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Sofie Van Moll	...	Sofie (segment "Self Portrait")
Ivica Vidovic	...	(segment "Europa")
Adam Walicki	...	(segment "Crossroad")
Elizabeth White	...	Deputy Director of the British Council in Prague (segment "Unisono")
Laura Wiek	...	(segment "Die alten bösen Lieder")
Monika Winiarczyk	...	(segment "Crossroad")
Marek Zawierucha	...	(segment "Crossroad")
Olga Zuiderhoek	...	(segment "Euroquiz")

Also Known As:

Eurooppalaisia visioita (Finland)
Europäische Visionen (Germany)
Europeiska visioner (Finland: Swedish title)
Vizije Evrope (Slovenia)
Wizje Europy (Poland)

Runtime:

140 min | Canada:139 min

Country:

Austria | Belgium | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malta | Netherlands | Poland | Portugal | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | UK

Language:

Danish | German | Portuguese | Slovak | Swedish | English | Greek | Italian | Lithuanian | Polish | Dutch | French | Letzebuergesh | Slovenian | Turkish | Czech | Finnish | Spanish | Maltese

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Bico, Paredes de Coura, Portugal

Company:

Athena Film A/S

Soundtrack:

Where Is My Home?

So this is the state of the art?

Take this list:

Faith Akin, Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch, Christoffer Boe, Francesca Comencini, Stijn Coninx, Tony Gatlif, Sasa Gedeon, Christos Georgiou, Constantine Giannaris, Peter Greenaway, Miguel Hermosa, Arvo Iho, Aki Kaurismaki, Damjan Kozole, Laila Pakalnina, Kenneth Scicluna, Martin Sulik, Malgosia Szumowska, Béla Tarr, Jan Troell, Theo Van Gogh, Teresa Villaverde, Aisling Walsh

These are 25 of the brightest (but not necessarily most successful - but pretty successful) directors of the European Union's 25 member states. They each created a 5-minute "Vision of Europe". The approaches are surprisingly similar: they show either bureaucrats, "very ordinary" citizens, children, or refugees. So, this is Europe? OK, the quality of 25 short features gathered by political means may necessarily be uneven. But there are definitely some gems: my first price for beauty goes to Bela Tarr (Hungary), the one for humor to Andy Bausch (Luxembourg), and the one for biting realism to Barbara Albert (Austria).