Synopsis for the Film

Brick by brick time moves on ahead, call it ‘inevitable’ or ‘zeitgeist’ or ‘progress’, and the ancient comes to an end at the foothills of the modern. Only so much water under the bridge until there is water no more. No more lakes, no ponds of childhoods past, no puddles of memory. The country of the fathers disappears under mortar and dust. Brick by brick, all you see from here to horizon and back is the sparkling brand new. Director Haansta gently mourns the wheels of change that sweep across his country and its old way of life with the customs and colors and idiosyncrasies that are not just transformed but overawed and swallowed by the mysterious forces of the new. Chronicling a small fishing village and its very unique flavor that touches every aspect of life from clothes to religion to birth, livelihood and death, Haanstra reflects on a way of life nearing its end as the pillars of modernity rise from beneath the sea, reclaiming land where once there was a wide blue liquid expanse and soon, before you even know it, there was no more sea.