Visions of Europe (film)

Visions of Europe is 2004 anthology film consisting of 25 short films by as many directors, each from one of the countries 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 short films 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.

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

1. "Visions of Europe". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
2. Hathaway, Alisa. "Visions of Europe: 25 Films, 25 Directors (2004)". wordpress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
3. "VISIONS OF EUROPE (2004)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
4. "Recensione Visions of Europe (2004)". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
5. 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.
6. "Duas curtas de Teresa Villaverde no Cinemax". RTP Cinemax (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
7. Felperin, Leslie (2004-09-28). "Visions of Europe". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
8. Children Lose Nothing (2004) | MUBI, retrieved 2023-09-26

External links

• Visions of Europe at IMDb