ELDORADO

ELDORADO, 2018
Switzerland | DCP, Color, 90' | German, French, Italian
Director: Markus Imhoof

In this documentary, Markus Imhoof combines his personal history with Europe’s failure to cope with the refugee crisis. The director looks at the current situation through memories of his childhood friendship with Giovanna, an Italian girl his parents took in during World War II, and how their friendship was torn apart by global politics. In the documentary, we see the difficult living conditions of migrants traveling by boat to Europe from Libya and placed in camps from where some escape to work as laborers in tomato fields, in a struggle to make ends meet. Eldorado is a striking production which examines not only the displacement of people, but also the moral bankruptcy of profit-making practices.