2016 • 17' • French
Director(s): Jean-Christophe Chatton • Producer(s): Antipode • Coproducer(s): Faut pas rêver • Format(s): HD
A passing visitor to Hydra doesn’t notice it right away. But, very quickly, he senses that something is different: that something is missing and that it’s not at all unpleasant. And, sure enough, this island is special in Greece, unique…
It’s one of the rare spots in the world where there are no motor vehicles. Not a car, not a motorbike, not a motor scooter! Nothing, apart from two tiny garbage trucks, an ambulance and two fire-cars, which practically never ever go out. It has to be said that this village of 2,500 and the rest of the island have never allowed the car in. The lanes here are narrow, and there are steps everywhere… And, most important, traffic has been banned since the island was listed in the 1960s as a result of the campaign led by actress and singer Melina Mercouri. Result: on Hydra, you walk… a lot. A portrait of these courageous and stubborn Hyrdiotes.
