Summaries

A group of sailors live on a tiny island in the Baltic sea, until their community falls apart. They return to the mainland, haunted by the eternal curse of paradise. A luminous documentary poem on the border between myth and reality.

There's a beautiful island in the Baltic Sea, where a group of sailors built their own kingdom. They had it all: seventeen acres of land, endless freedom and a donkey called Geronimo - until their community fell apart. Awoken from an utopian dream, the sailors return to the mainland and to the very society they wanted to escape from. Now they live on rusty ships in an anonymous German harbor town, out of work and out of luck. Each of them is haunted by the island's dark and compelling promise. Can they ever break through the spell it cast on them? A film with floating contours, a story of stranded sailors and malediction, fed by the imaginary world of the desert island and community-based utopias: «A Donkey Called Geronimo» is a documentary poem that creates a shattered image of utopia, while exploring the boundary between myth and reality.

Details

Keywords
  • island
  • independent film
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Documentary
Release date Oct 29, 2018
Countries of origin Germany
Language English German
Production companies Lo-Fi Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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