Abendland

Jun 27 2012 N/A 1h 30m
Documentary

Some things can be seen more clearly at night.. . A film poem about a continent at night, a culture on which the sun’s going down, though it’s hyper alert at the same time, an “Abendland” that, often somewhat self-obsessively, sees itself as the crown of human civilization, while its service economy is undergoing rapid growth in a thoroughly pragmatic way. Nikolaus Geyrhalter takes a look at a paradise with a quite diverse understanding of protection. Night work juxtaposed with oblivious evening digression, birth and death, questions that await answers in the semi-darkness, a Babel of languages, the routine of the daily news, and political negotiation: All this has been captured in images with a wealth of details that make us look at things in a new way. The longer you consider a word, the more distant is its return gaze: ABENDLAND.

Plot

This documentary about Europe at night makes you reflect on service processes and infrastructures that never sleep.

Written by

Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Maria Arlamovsky

Directed by

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Cast

N/A

Crew

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Production Countries

Austria

Production Companies

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

3 nominations

Trailers
ABENDLAND | Trailer [HD]
Scores
# of Votes
238
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
67
Popularity
NA