Director: Anna Thommen, colour, 92 Min., 2013
We are happy to invite you to the next installment of the ArtHouse Cinema program on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. This time we will screen the film called
Neuland directed by
Anna Thommen.
They have travelled a long way, by plane, train, bus or boat. And now they find themselves attending an integration course led by teacher Christian Zingg in Basel, where, over the course of two years, young people from all over the world learn the language and culture of the country which might end up becoming their new home. One of them is 19-year-old Ehsanullah from Afghanistan, who crossed the sea in a rubber dinghy and the mountains on foot. And the Albanian siblings Nazlije and Ismail, who left their country for family reasons and are now staying with their father and his new wife.
In Christian Zingg’s class, all three of them hope to leave their past behind and live their dreams in Switzerland. The teacher doesn’t delude himself or the students, and makes it clear that it’s difficult to start a career in a foreign country. Nevertheless, Mr Zingg never tires of encouraging the students to believe in themselves and in a better future. But as the two-year course nears its end, the question of whether there is even a place for them in this new country becomes even more pressing.
Arthouse Cinema
Arthouse Cinema is the regular film program of the Goethe-Institut. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we screen independent movies, avant-garde movies, retrospectives, experimental films or documentary films from Europe and Indonesia – anything but the mainstream.
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