Synopsis
Engines, axles, cylinders – the components of bliss. Whatever cannot be resold in Europe is shipped to Africa by the scrap-masters of Erzberg. Happiness is found in easily made money (seldom), the beauty of a man-made machine (rare), and in the real and imagined freedom on wheels. The audiovisual poetry of the garage, scrap parts and paintball field are accompanied by another master of cars, Bobby Sommer, reciting a poem by Bertolt Brecht about the singing cars of Steyr. While promising cars of silent ease, the advertising text does not withhold their connection to the weapon industry.
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- Executive Producer : Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
- Foreign production company : KGP
- Film exports/foreign sales : sixpackfilm
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- Director of Photography : Klemens Hufnagl
- Editor : Sebastian Brameshuber
- Sound Recordist : Matthias Kassmannhuber
- Foreign producer : Marie Tappero
- Production managers : Jacky Lautem, Paolo Calamita
- Sound Editor : Matthias Kassmannhuber
- Sound mixers : Marco Zinz, Cyrille Lauwerier
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Themes : Immigration
- Production language : Igbo, German
- Coproducer countries : Austria, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (Austria, France)
- Production year : 2014
- Runtime : 18 min 52 seconds
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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