"Consisting of five residential tenements, the area is home to more than 400 tenants, who have created a close-knit multicultural community over the decades. Credit Suisse, whose pension fund owns the building, has other ideas. The people of Brunaupark are served with notices as proposals for partial demolition and new construction get under way. Going from door to door, this documentary forms a vital piece of oral history, bearing witness to the defiance and resilience of those determined to stay."
"Each story is filled with colourful memories: one restaurant owner, who has been forced to give up his establishment in the complex, recalls the array of regulars he used to serve, people who came from all over the world. Others have built their families there. In one touching sequence, a woman pores over old home videos on her laptop. The camera pans from images of her son, then a little boy, to the young adult he has become."
Brunaupark in Zurich consists of five residential tenements housing over 400 tenants who have formed a close-knit, multicultural community over decades. Credit Suisse owns the building through a pension fund and has initiated proposals for partial demolition and new construction, prompting eviction notices. Tenants go door to door and preserve memories while resisting displacement. Longstanding businesses have closed and families face rupture. Children and teenagers use communal gardens as vital social space, and the influx of short-term renters gradually drains daily life and weakens community ties, threatening the neighbourhood's cultural history.
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