Progresso Renaissance

Portovesme, Sardinia. Images of a past summer. The waves of the sea crash ceaselessly on the rocks. A group of boys ride their bikes to the beach, passing abandoned industrial buildings that once heralded a new age. In this cross-genre film made up of archive footage and 16mm recordings, the time between 1969 and the present seems to merge. In a region in which development has come to a standstill, the group of boys symbolizes a whole generation. (Berlinale)