Emerson Culurgioni & Stefanie Schroeder
Germany | 2024 | 93 min
World premiere
Languages : Sardinian, Italian, German, English
Subtitles : English, French
Who owns the land? Legend has it that ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi stole a dune in Sardinia, while the locals are fighting for their land and struggling with their dependence on tourism. La Duna is an irresistibly cathartic and humorous documentary that intertwines a portrait of a community with absurd almost-fairytales.
To whom does land belong? Based on the legend that a power-obsessed former prime minister (in this case Silvio Berlusconi) stole a dune in Sardinia, La Duna explores the power struggles that permeate this territory. Beginning in classic documentary style, recording the words of a farming family – from whom co-director Emerson Culurgioni is descended – the film gradually descends into absurd fairytales and comedic touches. The cast of characters includes yachts of full-bellied tourists, a roadblock caused by a film crew shooting a car advert with a drone, NATO commanders mounting an exercise involving some not-so-fictional countries, an expropriated farmer giving the military alliance a fright, and a philosophising travelling salesman... A playful and defiantly humorous ensemble portrait that defuses the real and symbolic violence inflicted on a community.
Mourad-Anis Moussa
Mourad-Anis Moussa
Stefanie Schroeder
La Duna, 2024
The Effect of Cannonry on Thunder Clouds, 2017
40h, Max. 2 Months, 2017
[ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌdɔɪ̯ʧlant], 2015
Emerson Culurgioni
La Duna, 2024
Exploitation, 2020
Habitat, 2017
Leuna, 2014
Trailer
Photography
Johanna Piechotta
Editing
Federico Neri
Sound
Jochen JezussekSteffen MartinRoberto CoisClaus Stoermer
Production
Stephan Helmut BeierRay Peter MaletzkiAyla Gueney
Sales contact
Stephan Helmut Beiershb@rosenpictures.com
