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Europe: Who Do You Think EU Are?
Date du début: 28 août 2013, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2016 PROJET  TERMINÉ 

Through a futuristic perspective set in 2060 “Europe: Who Do You Think EU Are?” looks at the failure to frame the current crisis rationally, arguing that the issue is not of economics or politics but mainly one of identity. The choice facing Europeans is a fundamental one: are we stronger together, or separately? This feature documentary argues that despite the many flaws of the European Project, the case for togetherness remains overwhelming. Most of the ideals that humanity strives for are already achieved within the EU. It is up to Europeans to pull together, and to spread and protect the European way of life and values. At this critical time “no country can stand alone and we might miss our appointment with destiny if we do not see that all our problems are interconnected, and so are the solutions” (Christine Lagarde). The film tackles the complex subject of our European future by giving it a truly international perspective, and a compelling narrative. Highly original, emotional storytelling with the analytical rigor of top international journalism, CGI and fictional sequences will grip viewers normally used to associate Europe with boredom. The opening’s perspective is from Europe in 2060, when the EU has disintegrated. Eddie Izzard plays a fictional character, a British archaeologist, who uses 8 historic artefacts from Europe in 2014 to convey and introduce the 8 main challenges Europeans were facing then. From immigration to climate change to job creation, the film’s central narrative device is looking at the present as if from another place in time. As with George Orwell’s “1984” the dystopian future acts as a stark warning of the real consequences of European implosion. This warning has a positive purpose: just as the light of the sun shines brighter in the darkness of a cave’s entrance, the contrast between what we have now and what we could lose will clarify vividly the choice before us and why it matters.

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