![]() ![]() Her images are calm but assertive, she digresses but she always follows the water. First of all, it’s about a rhythm, a deliberate movement that grows from a tiny source and paves the way for life. Leroy shows what such an assessment can mean. It would be much better if we just followed the rivers. It is distressing to see the naive but necessary hope in this film shot at the end of the 1990s: a hope crushed by European politics, nationalism and the cold ignorance of borders. There is a heart, a head, arms and legs, but as we well know, they are disconnected. It’s truly as if Europe became a body: shaken by history and inequality, enlightened through its people, connected through stories long forgotten. ![]() She meets people, nature, and an idea of belonging together. ![]() Following in the footsteps of Claudio Magris’ Danubio, the Belgian filmmaker traces Europe’s main artery from its source to the Black Sea. Annik Leroy films as if she were seeing for the first time. ![]()
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