CONCRETE STORIES

Dir. Lorenz Findeisen
Czech Republic, France, 2014, 72’

 

Both a capitalist invention and a Soviet symbol, the concrete slab buildings are a shared reality for people across Europe. The tenants from different countries tell their stories as they relate to industrial housing in the time of clashing ideologies between East and West. The film puts forward a European story of standardization that has ruled the lives of entire generations.