What would happen if everything in the world as we know it stopped and the economy ceased to function? In Dreaming an Island, the remaining inhabitants of the Japanese island of Ikeshima work to find normality while living in a surreal setting. In Where They Drag the Boats, a young girl lives her life in an empty, post-apocalyptic world alone with a cassette player.
What if everything stopped? If the wheels of the economy were to come off permanently? The Japanese island of Ikeshima is a place that seems to be ahead of its time, showing us a possible future. The few remaining inhabitants live in a surreal setting, clinging to a normality that seems however to escape them. A dreamlike journey, which forces us to think about our relationship with the planet but also about social isolation and loneliness.
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountrySwitzerland
- DirectorAndrea Pellerani
- ScreenwriterAndrea Pellerani
- ProducerTiziana Soudani
What would happen if everything in the world as we know it stopped and the economy ceased to function? In Dreaming an Island, the remaining inhabitants of the Japanese island of Ikeshima work to find normality while living in a surreal setting. In Where They Drag the Boats, a young girl lives her life in an empty, post-apocalyptic world alone with a cassette player.
What if everything stopped? If the wheels of the economy were to come off permanently? The Japanese island of Ikeshima is a place that seems to be ahead of its time, showing us a possible future. The few remaining inhabitants live in a surreal setting, clinging to a normality that seems however to escape them. A dreamlike journey, which forces us to think about our relationship with the planet but also about social isolation and loneliness.
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountrySwitzerland
- DirectorAndrea Pellerani
- ScreenwriterAndrea Pellerani
- ProducerTiziana Soudani
