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NIGHT SHIFTS tells us about those people who work at night, those who use that time to care for others: They work as doctors and nurses, give advice at help lines, look after drug addicts, look after the children at night time child care centres. They work along the conveyor belt to assemble cars at night. They work for technical hotlines, at the airport or at the police station and are responsible for our safety and to keep those institutions running smoothly during the night. They work as radio speakers at nightly talk shows and listen to those who are unable to sleep. That way they become, not always by their own choice, our modern psychiatrists.
The film is going to accompany some well-chosen protagonists to their different places of work and follow them on their different routes through the night. What does the world look like when seen at night through the eyes of people working in night shifts? How does their way of working change their lives? How does their situation change their biological rhythm?
In many major cities, day and night have already become interchangeable, since light has become available around the clock. The romantic night as way of life meets capitalism hungry for profit, imagination meets reality of everyday life. But what is left of the mysteries previously provided by the image of night? What is left of the magic of the night, taking us into a new realm for a couple of hours? Night Shifts is a poetic travelogue into the night , but the poesy changes into harsh reality as the hardship of the “everyday- night” becomes obvious. |
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