Garbage in the Garden of Eden
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Garbage in the Garden of Eden |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fatih Akin |
| script | Fatih Akin |
| cut | Andrew Bird |
Garbage in the Garden of Eden is a German documentary from 2012 directed by Fatih Akin . The film was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2012 . The film premiere in Germany was on December 6, 2012.
The film shows the Turkish village Çamburnu near Trabzon , in the immediate vicinity of which the Turkish state has built a garbage dump to dispose of the surrounding cities.
action
The film accompanies the construction and operation of the landfill near Çamburnu from 2007 to 2012. The village is located in a tea-growing area on the Turkish Black Sea coast. First of all, geotextiles are laid out in the disused open- cast copper mine , a rock bed is put in and drainage pipes are laid.
The mayor of Çamburnu has to approve the landfill; When he insists that technical requirements and legal provisions are complied with, he is sued for obstructing construction. His lawyer explains that there is no temporary injunction in Turkey and that construction cannot be stopped. Even if one gets right through legal means, facts have already been created.
When the first rubbish was brought in, the geotextiles were already damaged. The villagers suffer from the stink of rubbish, foul-smelling seepage water is directed into the village stream and from there flows on into the nearby Black Sea. Protests are forming. The landfill operator has several masts erected, from the tips of which perfume is sprayed over the garbage.
The governor of the province appears in a black Mercedes, listens to what the villagers are saying, but makes no promises. After heavy rains it turns out that the clarification basin of the landfill was built too small. Villagers then block the access road. Employees from the environmental office appear, but they appear mostly helpless.
The Turkish Environment Minister also takes a look at the landfill. He likes that the garbage is in the landfill and not - as is usual - washed up on the beach.
A barrier wall is to be built on the northern edge of the landfill so that the garbage is not washed away by rainwater. Presumably as a result of the construction work, a wall of the clarifier breaks. It runs completely empty. Nevertheless, more rubbish is dumped.
The population of Çamburnus has already decreased. Young residents of the village say they cannot imagine raising children there. In the credits a combative, elderly villager is shown who - with more support - would have "torched" the landfill. However, the woman died in 2011.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film judged: “The documentation by Fatih Akin, supported by sympathy for the residents, reveals the history of the environmental scandal, which seems like a real satire from Absurdistan. Shot with the heart and soul of personal concern, the film clearly suffers from the fact that dramaturgically it remains largely piecemeal. "()
Web links
- Polluting Paradise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ^ Garbage in the Garden of Eden in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed December 10, 2012