vom DorfLeben [Trailer]

The ethnographic documentary vom DorfLeben allows insights into the making of community. The film shines a light on subjective ideas about a life worth living. It unveils both utopian dreams and dreamlike realities that not always get along, in the small village, not far from Vienna.

Marked by rural exodus Gutenstein has had its glory. It used to be one of the summer residences of choice for the Vienna Biedermeier. Yet today only the washed-out storefronts give a sense of the communal life that must have filled its famous streets.

Not long ago a new generation has settled in. “We found a village”, they claimed and antagonized the elderly. More and more came from near and far to renew what`s left of the old manorial village. The film documents this network of characters, gently observes, and gives an idea about what it takes to restructure your life in a cooperative sense.