Films
Schrebergaart
Director(s): | Yann Tonnar |
Producer(s): |
SAMSA FILM |
Script: | Yann Tonnar |
Year: | 2011 |
Form: | DOCUMENTARY - Feature film |
Original version: | Luxembourgish, Portuguese |
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Synopsis
« Garden Stories » is a documentary film about allotment gardens in the South of Luxembourg. Allotment gardens are small plots of land made available for individual gardening, and organized in a community. The tradition goes back to the beginnings of steel production in this region. Today witnesses the end of this era, as well as a profound change in Luxembourg’s society, under heavy influence of its nearly 50% immigrant population. These changes are mirrored in the daily life of the garden communities: a microcosm where retired Luxembourgers clash with Portuguese construction workers, or a new wave of immigrants from former Yugoslavia. All with their own habits in regard to gardening, growing cabbages, building garden shacks, or simply having barbecue parties.
Crew
DOP: Olivier Koos
Sound: Philippe Benoît
Editor: Isabel Bento dos Reis
Music: Serge Tonnar