The area of Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart: 60,000 inhabitants, 58,000 jobs. Mercedes, Porsche and IBM, motorway and airport. One of the most powerful economic areas in the whole of Europe.
Mirabella Imbeccari: a village near Catania in the heart of Sicily with antiquated agriculture, not even tied in to the modest tourist trade. A hopelessly lost part of the European periphery.
A regular bus service has been in operation between these two communities since 1978. Recently, it was extended to encompass a funeral service.
A film about Sicilian families who emigrated to Swabia in Germany yet have still not really arrived there even after three generations: commuters between two worlds.
Mirabella Imbeccari: a village near Catania in the heart of Sicily with antiquated agriculture, not even tied in to the modest tourist trade. A hopelessly lost part of the European periphery.
A regular bus service has been in operation between these two communities since 1978. Recently, it was extended to encompass a funeral service.
A film about Sicilian families who emigrated to Swabia in Germany yet have still not really arrived there even after three generations: commuters between two worlds.
D / I / DK 2001
54 min
written and directed by: Andreas Pichler
photography: Susanne Schülesound: Stefano Bernardi
editing: Lars Hesselholdt
produced by: Filmtank Hamburg / Thomas Tielsch
in coproduction: SteFilm Turin, Angel Films Kopenhagen, ZDF/3sat, SWR
with collaboration with: Planète Paris
with the support of: Danish Film Institute
festivals: Cinéma du Réel Paris 2002, World Film Festival Montreal 2002, Duisburger Filmwoche 2002, Crossing Europe Linz 2004
TV sales: ZDF/3at, SWR (D), Ikon (NL), RAI 3 (I), YLE (SF)
... "Andreas Pichler verzichtet in seinem Film fast gänzlich auf Kommentare. Seine ästhetischen Bilder, die selbst die Industrielandschaft Sindelfingens als wohlkomponiertes Kunstwerk erscheinen lassen, zeigen die Unterschiede zwischen der nördlichen und der südlichen Lebensweise deutlich genug. Dazu kommen einfühlsame Porträts der Menschen aus Mirabella, die dem Filmer sehr persönliche Einblicke in ihr Leben und in ihre Gedanken gewährt haben." ... Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15./16. Dezember 2001
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