Town in a Meadow

When the Primorska region was annexed to Yugoslavia, the town of Gorizia remained in Italy. In 1948, a new Gorizia began to be built on the Yugoslavia side. The toen in a meadow, on a swamp, on an abandoned cementary by an old brickyard has stood for years like a skeleton in the middle of an empty space alongside an immensely wide street, leading nowhere. People who were moving to the town from all over the country soon discovered that they found themselves in the "Wild West" and that they would have to build Nova Gorica themselves. This documentary video essay tells the story of the origin of the town and asks questions about its identity and vision in a time when the border, which led to its creation, is losing its significance. Towns are places of exchange. The exchange of not only goods but also memories, stories and wishes. Thanks to these, all towns are different and unexchangeable.