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The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)
87 min | Documentary

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The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)

87 min | Documentary

30,000ft: sometime in the not-so-distant future. Eight year old Jane Monetti sits aboard an aeroplane destined for Berlin Tempelhof, but all is not well. Far below her is a post-Union Europe and countries that collaborated happily at the ...See more30,000ft: sometime in the not-so-distant future. Eight year old Jane Monetti sits aboard an aeroplane destined for Berlin Tempelhof, but all is not well. Far below her is a post-Union Europe and countries that collaborated happily at the beginning of the 21st Century are regressing into a fractious collection of isolated nation-states. Scared by the turbulence, Jane strikes-up a conversation with archeologist, Charles Granda (played by Angus Deayton): he is about to give a lecture on the EU and he begins to explain to her what the European Union was and also what has been lost since its collapse. We rewind to 2014 and Annalisa Piras's film goes on to examine current-day Europe and the challenges that are mounting against the Union's survival. Beset by growing nationalism and an increasing dissatisfaction with its undemocratic political structure will Europe descend into the apocalyptic future presented at the beginning of the film? Using interviews, archival footage and an innovative combination of documentary and drama, Piras constructs a picture of a Europe that is worth fighting for. Following six different European individuals and their stories, she shows the immense positives of a Union that has prevented major wars since the fall of Nazi Germany but also highlights that it is an organisation in need of major reform. Subtle, profound and witty, The Great European Disaster Movie is far more than just a political film. Instead, it frames Europe through the eyes of those who are most important to its success: the Europeans themselves. See less

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Angus Deayton Charles Granda Charles Granda See fewer	Have I Got News for You (1990)
Flavia Piras Trow Jane Monetti Jane Monetti See fewer	The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)
John Arthur Adam Smith Adam Smith See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Neerja Naik Hostess Hostess See fewer	Sold (I) (2014)
Peter Salmon Air Marshal Air Marshal See fewer	The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)
Geert Mak Self Self See fewer	Het verleden van Nederland (2008)
Martin Wolf Self Self See fewer	Inside Job (2010)
Bernard Guetta Self Self See fewer	À mort la mort! (1999)
Philippe Legrain Self Self See fewer	Dinner with Portillo (2002)
Felipe González Self Self See fewer	¡¡Franco!! Un proceso histórico (1982)
Bill Emmott Self Self See fewer	Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
Anna Diamantapoulou Self Self See fewer	The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)
Peter Mandelson Self Self See fewer	Weekend World (1972)
Pablo Iglesias Self Self See fewer	3 mejor que 2 (2010)
Alexis Tsipras Self Self See fewer	Kentriko deltio eidiseon (1989)
Thomas Piketty Self Self See fewer	Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
Élisabeth Guigou Self (as Elisabeth Guigou) Self (as Elisabeth Guigou) See fewer	Le journal de 20 heures (1956)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Nigel Farage Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (2007)
Kornelia Horvath Aircraft Passenger Aircraft Passenger See fewer	Fan (I) (2016)
Helmut Kohl Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rotwang muß weg! (1994)
Marine Le Pen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	L'émission politique (2016)
Martyn Mayger Aircraft Passenger Aircraft Passenger See fewer	Humshakals (2014)
Angela Merkel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bild. Macht. Deutschland? (2020)
François Mitterrand Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Echtzeit (1983)
Shaun Newnham Aircraft Passenger Aircraft Passenger See fewer	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Mike T. Smith German Passenger German Passenger See fewer	Countdown to Murder (2013)