In1907 EmileKuntz's father leftAlsace,thenGerman,forBrazil, where he diedtragicallya fewdaysafterhisarrival.Nearlyacenturylater,Emiledoes notknowmuch aboutthis storybutthismysteryhas haunted himlikeBrazilfascinates him.
He confides in his friend, Regina, a Brazilian filmmaker living in Alsace. She leads the investigation to Brazil where she discovers a city with a Germanic culture. She discovers the circumstances of the death and brings together different pieces of the family puzzle...
As a tribute to the oldmanwho called himselfEmilioandthroughthisunique story, thefilmdiscoverstheimportantGermanicmigrationtosouthernBrazil, between themiddleof thenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury.Brazilwithasmellofsauerkraut!
Technical data :
duration
52 minutes
camera
Frank Barbian, Franck Guepratte, Dominique Béduchaud
sound
Francis Bonfanti, Olivier Loutz, Christian Cazaubon
editing
Daniel Coche
sound mixer
Marc Rodicq
a coproduction
dora productions, Freihaendler, Gambit films France 3 Alsace France 3
grants
Centre National de la Cinématographie
Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg, Région Alsace, Procirep, Angoa,-Agicoa, Prefeitura Municipal de Joinville, Fundaçao Cultural de Joinville, Promotur, Programme Media
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Every year, in Munster, in the region of Alsace, a ball with a strange name takes place: the Widows' Ball. Disguised and masked, women are the ones who invite men to the dance.
Just like a note book full of words and pictures covering the years from 2000 to 2006, this film bears witness to groups of asylum seekers drifting through Strasbourg.
