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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
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]