Europa
Feature Film, AT 2023, Farbe, 98 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2024
Director, Script: Sudabeh Mortezai
Cast: Lilith Stangenberg, Jetnor Gorezi, Steljona Kadillari
Camera: Klemens Hufnagl
Editor: Julia Drack
Location Sound: Atanas Tcholakov
Sounddesign: Atanas Tcholakov
Production Design: Julia Libiseller
Costumes: Carola Pizzini
Producers: Mehrdad Mortezai, Sudabeh Mortezai
Production: Fratella Filmproduktion
The manager Beate (wonderfully inscrutable: Lilith Stangenberg) is on the road in poor regions of Albania for the multinational concern “Europa” to persuade the remaining farmers to sell their land. When they refuse to exchange their livelihoods, family histories, and traditions for money and a better future, Beate’s tone and approach change. The imperialistic methods of modern capitalism come to light in drastic clarity.