The Czech Republic has only accepted a very small number of refugees. At the same time it belongs to the most intolerant countries in Europe in this respect. Made over the course of two years, this story-driven time-lapse documentary explores the impact of the refugee simulacrum on the collective imagination and real society. The film closely analyses the rise of the Czech version of Germany's Pegida - the transformation of fear into politics and vice versa. At the same time, it is also a love story of a prominent female volunteer and a Muslim man...

Writer / Zuzana Piussi    DoP / Zuzana Piussi    Editor / Vít Janeček    Sound / Jan Richtr , Václav Flegl    Music / Vít Janeček

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