Parchim International

Parchim is surrounded by a "flourishing landscape" consisting mainly of rape fields. North of Berlin ("near Hamburg", says Mr. Pang), far removed from the world and economic growth. Mr. Pang, the Chinese multi-millionaire, is going to change this. Because Parchim has a small, formerly military airport whose landing strip is populated by rabbits instead of airplanes. Mr. Pang has visions, and global air traffic is the smallest among them: business centre, brand temple, artificial mountains, hotels, hundreds of jobs, thousands of shops, millions of customers, billions of sales, which is something the politicians in this economically underdeveloped region dearly love to hear. But while Mr. Pang travels up and down the world to woo financially powerful investors, the mills of Mecklenburg grind slowly and the fire brigade continue to mow the lawn on the empty plot. (Berlinale)