Hippies turned 70, still arguing about compost. The dream survived, but did they?
At the beginning of the 1980s, a group of Germans ventured into a social experiment: in the remote hills of Umbria, they founded a self-sufficient community beyond consumerism and bland gainful employment. After 40 years, the rural commune still exists. Not all the plans have come to fruition over the years. How are the dropouts doing today?
Direction
Jacobs observes without judgment; the contradictions speak.
Production
Intimate access built over years, not parachute journalism.
Director
Denise Jacobs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
These German transplants joined a broader 1970s exodus of urban youth to rural Italy, though most such communes collapsed within a decade.
The surviving members' frankness about romantic failures and financial precarity distinguishes this from typical commune hagiography.
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