Venedig - Als hätten wir geträumt...

Venice - Like a Dream

It′s seven o′clock in the morning, Venice is getting ready for the day. The camera glides over the dark waters in which the golden light of sunrise is broken by the ripples. A cargo boat ferries the camera between the Giudecca and the Zattere into the still undisturbed city.

On its early morning journey the camera leads us through the Dorsoduro district. Here students, workers and small businessmen live: the Venetians. As if out for a walk, the camera catches people′s everyday lives, far removed from the hordes of tourists. These are the day′s most beautiful hours, in which Venice belongs to the Venetians: the street-sweeper, the cheese seller, the cobbler, the old woman who sells wine, the porter, the bar owner ...
The camera captures without pause, which is to say with few edits, the everyday face of Venice: casually and yet still coloured by the things which have always typified life here in the city. The film is a gentle glide over bridges, past canals and through alleys which open out onto squares, only to dive back into the narrow passageways and the city′s labyrinth. On this visually exciting journey the camera, in the style of cinema direct, constantly encounters the people living in Venice, giving us a personal insight into their lives.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH