Europa 2005 - 27 octobre (2006) (TV)

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7.5/10   

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Italy)

Genre:

Short

Plot Keywords:

Street | Experimental Film | Gas Chamber | Woman Director | Electric Chair

Also Known As:

Europa 2005 (Italy) (short title)

Runtime:

12 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

None

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Italy:T (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Clichy-sous-Bois, Paris, France

Company:

Rai Tre Radiotelevisione Italiana

Trivia:

The Italian producer Enrico Ghezzi commissioned the movie to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle 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.