The Song of Others

The Song of Others

2DCS/ESU
Director:Vadim Jendreyko
Premiere:18. October 2024
Length:136 minutes
Genre:Document

The Song of Others (Das Lied der Anderen – Eine Suche nach Europa)

2DCS/ES
Kinobox: Malý sál

18. 10. Friday

150,00 19:00

Director: Vadim Jendreyko

Where are you going, Europe? In his film essay, the documentary filmmaker poses this question to seemingly random actors across Europe. He observes grenade collectors from long-defunct World War I trenches in Belgium, Greek dockworkers precariously employed in the wake of the financial crisis, paper restorers from a bombed-out library in Sarajevo. In their search, they encounter patterns in which we have been trapped for generations. He traces the traces of devastation left behind by people in thrall to the dictates of power and endless growth. And he meets other men who are transforming this legacy and blazing other trails. Must history, with all its nightmares, keep repeating itself? What strengthens the thin shield that protects us from the abyss? A cinematic essay on Europe's search for identity, this film prompts reflection on the future of the continent.

Length: 136 min

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 18. October 2024

Country of origin:

  • Switzerland
2DCS/ES

18. 10. Friday

150,00 19:00

Director: Vadim Jendreyko

Where are you going, Europe? In his film essay, the documentary filmmaker poses this question to seemingly random actors across Europe. He observes grenade collectors from long-defunct World War I trenches in Belgium, Greek dockworkers precariously employed in the wake of the financial crisis, paper restorers from a bombed-out library in Sarajevo. In their search, they encounter patterns in which we have been trapped for generations. He traces the traces of devastation left behind by people in thrall to the dictates of power and endless growth. And he meets other men who are transforming this legacy and blazing other trails. Must history, with all its nightmares, keep repeating itself? What strengthens the thin shield that protects us from the abyss? A cinematic essay on Europe's search for identity, this film prompts reflection on the future of the continent.

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 18. October 2024

Country of origin:

  • Switzerland