Two towns, one radioactive future — and everyone's got opinions.
The climate crisis, Germany’s nuclear phase-out and Russia’s war against Ukraine are just three of the heavy pieces in the dramatic game about the future of energy. Caught in the middle are two small towns with barely a thousand residents each: Gundremmingen in Bavaria, home to a shuttered nuclear plant, and Choczewo on Poland’s Baltic coast, where the country’s first facility is now under construction. What do the good people on the ground think about it all?
Direction
Dual-town structure reveals systemic parallels brilliantly
Production
Remarkable access to both German and Polish officials
Director
Anton Yaremchuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gundremmingen was Germany's most productive nuclear plant before its 2017 shutdown — the town's identity crisis runs deeper than the film suggests.
Poland's nuclear pivot is partly funded by US and French companies angling to replace Russian energy dominance — the film's 'local' story is actually NATO infrastructure theater.
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