Subjects:

“…In his "document-toury movie," Marko Škop follows the protagonists on a journey to the European Parliament in Brussels where he witnesses their efforts to involve a friendly European deputy in strengthening the tourist industry in order to save it from collapse. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Item based on interviews conducted with defectors and immigrants in Western refugee camps and immigration offices, or Western travelers returning from stays in East European communist countries, supplemented with information collected through Radio Free Europe (RFE) correspondence with anonymous sources from behind the Iron Curtain. …”

“…Through several stories that unfold between the years 1936 and 2002, the film brings together 66 seasons at a popular swimming pool, and through this offers a unique look at 66 years of central and eastern European history. From watching World War II fighter planes, through the changing fashion styles, to the moment two lovers met, the pool has always been the social hub. …”

“…The recollections of those who witnessed the European wars of the 20th century provide subjective perspectives on historical events that diverge from conventional history. …”

“…That this journey takes the film crew as far East as Ukraine should speak volumes of not only the uncertain legacy left by the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but the even more uncertain one beginning in the era of the European Union.…”