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For almost a hundred years, the exclave has lived exclusively from this casino, both economically and in the self-image of its inhabitants. It was an employer for everyone, and it was glamour, cosmopolitanism, luxury villas, Sophia Loren, Frederico Fellini; the fur coats, the cars! Their glamour gilded everyone.
But then the casino filed for bankruptcy overnight. Since then, the municipality and its unemployed residents have also been bankrupt.
Tristesse lies over the alleyways and promenades; above it all, the casino broods as a monolith that has become meaningless.
What happens to a community whose meaningful centre suddenly no longer exists? Will courage and insight be found for something new or will everything sink into lethargy? The film follows universal processes in the manageable structure of a village community. Its protagonist is a friendly fool that everyone in Campione knows. Because he plants flowers in this place that has become grey.