“Monte Verità (Der Traum vom alternativen Leben)” tells the untold story of the birth of the alternative movement and unfold the uncanny similarities between our time and what they revolted against in the early 1900s.
Long-haried barefoot people. Free love! Veganism! Experiments with drugs… The sixties, right? Not quite. In 1900 a group of middleclass kids revolted against their time and started the original alternative community – Monte Verità, the mountain of truth, located in Ascona (Swiss canton of Ticino). A community based on veganism, feminism, pacifism and free love.
This creative documentary mixes interviews, archive and animation in a beautiful combination bringing you straight back to the early 1900 as seen through the eyes of theese young radicals.Read More »