Visions of Europe is a 2004 internationally co-produced anthology film consisting of 25 short films by as many directors, each from a country representing then member states of the European Union. The directors include Aki Kaurismäki, Fatih Akin, Béla Tarr, and Peter Greenaway.
Content All the subjects express their creator's vision of what is Europe or the European Union. The Portuguese director Teresa Villaverde shows migrants arriving on the coast of Italy, in "Cold Water" while the Finnish Aki Kaurismaki films the Portuguese town of Bico. For Lithuania, Šarūnas Bartas directed "Children Lose Nothing", a wordless romance involving two teenagers.
Each short film has an approximate duration of 5 minutes.
Title Director Writer Cast Country The Yellow Tag Jan Troell Agneta Ulfsäter Troellalan-ReesJohanna Troell Sweden Europe Christoffer Boe Henning MoritzenCecilie ThomsenMarie Hilderbrandt FrederiksenPiera Dencker-Rasmussen Denmark I'll Be Fine Laila Pakalniņa Latvia Die Bõsen Alten Leder Fatih Akin İdil Üner Germany Cold Waiter Teresa Villaverde Portugal The Miracle Martin Šulík Martin ŠulíkMarek Lescak Karol SpisákBarbara HorváthováMargarita HuttováVít Bednárik Slovakia Anna Vive a Marghera, Italia (Anna Lives in Marghera, Italy) Francesca Comencini Italy Children Loose Nothing Šarūnas Bartas Ina Marija BartaitėJulija SteponaityteRimas PetravieiusAleksas JermolenkoAdele MarkauskieneHenrikas Rachkus Lithuania Room for All Constantine Giannaris Giorgos StriftarisTheodoros KemisAthina Sarla Greece Prologue Béla Tarr Hungary Invisible State Aisling Walsh Gerard Mannix Flynn Ireland Crossroad Małgorzata Szumowska Adam WalickiMonika WiniarczykKonrad BugajMarek ZawieruchaWojciech SzumowskiJacek Drosio Poland Paris by Night Tony Gatlif Leila MakhloufAbdel MekrazaMohamadou DiaoAgathe L'HuillierMarion LecrivainRona Hartner France Euro Quiz Theo van Gogh Hans Teeuwen Tara EldersOlga Zuiderhoek Holland My House on Tape Christos Georgiou Christos GeorgiouGiorgos Koumouros Antonis KatsarisDimitris KsystrasAndroulla IrakleousAndros Pafios Cyprus The European Showerbath Peter Greenaway United Kingdom Euroflot Arvo Iho Arvo IhoPriit Pärn Kadri OimElinor KimmelIlmar RaagJanis NordsSergei JõgisShane HancockAnna Jatskina Estonia Mars Barbara Albert Kathrin ResetaritsAngus OkanumeMarkus HeringRupert L. Lehofer Austria The Isle Kenneth Scicluna Ben StuartMarieclaire CamilleriEileen MicallefPhilip Mizzi Malta Title Stijn Coninx Pieter EmbrechtsSofie Van MollSafia AggouneBenzirar Baroudi Belgium The Language School Andy Bausch Hervé SogneFranck SasonoffRuna Egilsdóttir Luxembourg Evropa Damjan Kozole Peter MusevskiFranci KekIvica Vidovic Slovenia Unisono Saša Gedeon Czech Republic Bico Aki Kaurismäki Brazelina RodriquesVirginia RodriquesPalmira FernandesMariana Lopes-AlvesAbel Alves Finland Our Kids Miguel Hermoso Spain
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."
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