Limits of Europe
Czech Republic, France2024documentary98'Ziemia obiecana (2024)
A prominent Czech journalist leaves her family and joins “cheap labour force” in Western Europe. Undercover, she works at an asparagus farm in Germany, tries her hand as a maid at a hotel in Ireland and takes care of the elderly in France. She experiences first-hand the struggles of Eastern European low-wage workers whose sacrifice and hard work allow for the Western society’s comfort. What is the real price that Europe pays for exploiting its own citizens?
- directed by
- Apolena Rychlíková
A Czech documentary film director, student at Documentary Film Department at FAMU, Prague. She was born in 1989 in Brno. Her film debut 'Hájek na zámku, Petr v podzámčí' (2011) was awarded by Karel Vachek Anime award. In 2017, her documentary 'The Limits of Work' received an Audience Award and Best Czech Documentary Film Award at International Documentary Film Festival Ji.hlava (Czech Republic).
- cinematography
- Jan Šípek
- script
- Apolena Rychlíková
- editing
- Kateřina Krutská - Vrbová
- production
- Tereza Horská, Filip Remunda (Hypermarket Film)
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