When Terra (age 6) draws a map of Europe, the result is a brightly coloured patchwork quilt and she knows from experience: when she was two months old, she already had 14 stamps in her passport. She’s also the daughter of a Cuban Macedonian father and a Slovenian mother, both filmmakers and citizens of the world. For Mother Europe, she travelled with her parents from Italy via Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia to Greece and back.
In Mother Europe, we see contemporary Europe through the eyes of a child – a Europe of fences, barriers and border controls. The people Terra meets on the way tell their story about that Europe: a 98-year-old writer who remembers a time with fascists and communists, a misanthropic nature lover and members of an anarcho-punk band. Together they provide a portrait of a continent, which is clear in a fresh and childlike way, unsentimental and devoid of political woolliness.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 90"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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