Europa 2005, 27 Octobre
Director Jean-Marie Straub, Daničle Huillet
Countries Italy
Duration 11 min
Synopsis
The Italian producer Enrico Ghezzi commissioned the movie to Jean-Marie Straub and Daničle Huillet to celebrate Roberto Rossellini's centenary. Asked to imagine a moment in the life or the death of Ingrid Bergman's character in Europa '51 (1952), their reading of Rossellini yielded this political pamphlet about the death of two Parisian youngsters who, chased by the police, hid in a high-voltage electric transformer and burned to death. Less than three weeks after their death, the banlieus were burning.
The Italian producer Enrico Ghezzi commissioned the movie to Jean-Marie Straub and Daničle Huillet to celebrate Roberto Rossellini's centenary. Asked to imagine a moment in the life or the death of Ingrid Bergman's character in Europa '51 (1952), their reading of Rossellini yielded this political pamphlet about the death of two Parisian youngsters who, chased by the police, hid in a high-voltage electric transformer and burned to death. Less than three weeks after their death, the banlieus were burning.