Matinée ARCHITEKTUR DES GLÜCKS + Filmgespräch

In the organizer's words:

Matinée with film guests and discussion

• DE/CH 2025
• 79 min
• Director: Anton von Bredow, Michele Cirigliano
• FSK: from 0 years
• Documentary: Original version with German voiceover and subtitles where applicable

Campione d'Italia lies on the shores of Lake Lugano, surrounded by the Swiss canton of Ticino. For almost a hundred years, the exclave has lived exclusively from this casino, both economically and in the self-image of its inhabitants. It was an employer for really every family, and it was glamor and cosmopolitanism, car racing, Sophia Loren, Frederico Fellini. The fur coats, the cars! Their glitter gilded everyone.

But then the casino filed for bankruptcy overnight in 2018. Since then, the municipality has also been bankrupt and its residents are unemployed. Tristesse lies over the alleyways and promenades; above it all, the casino broods as a pointless colossus.