In the 19th century, America was the land of hope and the future for millions of Europeans. Thousands of peasants from Belgium and Luxembourg set off for adventure in America, at the edges of the known world. They built homes and reconstructed living areas modeled after life back home. They clung to their identities and language and called their towns Belgium, Luxemburg, Rollingstone… Luxemburg, USA is a contemporary portrait of the Midwest, of America’s conservative rural heartland, seen through the prism of a specific community, that of the Luxembourg immigrants’ descendents, their lives today, and their history.
A production by Nowhere Land Productions, Les Films de la Mémoire, Luxembourg and Grande Région – European Capital of Culture 2007, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel – Luxembourg, Télésparks
Additional Information
Career
Festivals and Awards
Festival Europalia | International |
Max Ophüls Preis - Saarbrücken | Germany |
Broadcasts
BE TV | Belgium |
France 3 Grand Est | France |
RTL | Luxembourg |
Screenings
5,000 tickets sold in Belgium and Luxembourg |
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The Film
Film Reviews
Press Comments
La Voix du Luxembourg
Film épatant, même pour les non-Luxembourgeois et même pour les boudeurs de documentaire.
Anne Garfunkel
October 2007L'Avenir
Le film rend particulièrement bien l'atmosphère d'un Midwest agricole qui rappelle un peu le Grand-Duché.
Philippe Colling
October 2007d'Lëtzebuerger Land
[...] le film est intéressant pour l’écho qu’il donne aux éternelles discussions sur l’immigration et l’intégration au Luxembourg.