Description

In the First-World War for the declining days of the Cold War, a touching search on which this means to be Western at the conclusion of the twentieth century. Geert Mak crisscrosses Europe from Verdun to Berlin, St Petersburg to Srebrenica looking for proof and witnesses of the final century of Europe. Utilizing his abilities being an acclaimed reporter, Mak finds small, individual experiences inside the legendary arc of background-speaking with a previous ticket-taker at the entrances of the Birkenau concentration camp or observing the tidy lines of small sneakers inside the forgotten room school in the shadow of Chernobyl. His distinctive method makes the audience an eyewitness to some half-forgotten past, saturated in unfamiliar peculiarities, unexpected ideas and pressing activities.