The perfect world of the Mennonites
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| German title | The perfect world of the Mennonites |
| Original title | Living in a Perfect World |
| Country of production | Mexico , Italy |
| original language | Plautdietsch , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 70 minutes |
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| Director | Diego D'Innocenzo |
| script | Roberta Cortella |
| production | Diego D'Innocenzo Marco Leopardi on behalf of National Geographic Channel International |
| music |
Roberto Gori Edoardo Bignozzi |
| camera | Marco Leopardi |
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The perfect world of the Mennonites (original title: Living in a Perfect World ) is a documentary about four Russian mennonites in Mexico and Bolivia , who come from two differently conservative colonies. Some of them remain stuck in the past, while the other part can no longer withstand the stimuli and impressions of the outside world.
The film was produced in 2005 by the Italian film company L'Immagine (now Terra ) on behalf of National Geographic Channel International. It was broadcast worldwide in 2006 in the original Plautdiet sound with adapted subtitles.
In 2007 the Mennonites' perfect world received the “Best Documentary” award from the BigScreen Festival in China.
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The documentary tells the story of Aganetha, Cornelio, Pedro and Jacobo from the Mennonite colonies of El Sabinal and El Capulín in the Mexican desert of Chihuahua . The refusal to accept technological progress in these colonies leads the most conservative of the Mennonites to retreat to the Bolivian jungle, which is isolated from the outside world. While every form of modern technology is banned in El Sabinal, El Capulín is open to some innovations such as electricity and the car. The arrival of electricity is gradually starting to change its centuries-old and "perfect" world.
Historical background
Because of the religious persecution around 500 years ago, the ancestors of the inhabitants of the Mennonite colonies of Mexico fled from Central Europe to West Prussia . In search of a place where they could freely practice their beliefs and traditions and speak their Plautdietsch language , they scattered all over the world. The migration routes of these Russian mennonites led via the former southern Russia (now Ukraine ) to many parts of the Soviet Union , but also to North, Central and South America. Most of the Russian mennonites who did not emigrate to America and stayed in the Soviet Union have meanwhile immigrated to Germany as late repatriates .