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My Fathers, My Mother and Me (2012)

My Fathers, My Mother and Me poster
Original title
Meine keine Familie
Directed by
Paul-Julien Robert
Genre
documentary film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A director who was born into a radical commune looks at his upbringing there. The film shows how the community's ideals of shared property and open sexuality affected family bonds and his own childhood.

introspectivepersonalobservationalrestrainednostalgicsoberuncannyreflective

What happens

Meine keine Familie ist ein österreichischer Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 2012 über die Kommune Friedrichshof im Burgenland. Gemeinschaftliches Eigentum, freie Sexualität und Auflösung der Kernfamilie waren die Grundprinzipien der durch Otto Muehl Anfang 1970 gegründeten Kommune. Der Film unter der Regie von Paul-Julien Robert, der 1979 in der Kommune geboren wurde, wurde erstmals auf der Viennale 2012 präsentiert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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