Bonanza is a unique cinematic portrait of a desolate mining town. Once there were 6000 inhabitants catered for by 36 saloons, seven dance halls and an immense number of prostitutes. Their motto was get in, get rich, get out. Now there are only seven permanent residents, immersed in their own spirituality, living on a hotbed of accusations, gossip, murder and fear. Unmasking the paradise of freedom as a suffocating hell, Berlin intelligently and amusingly portrays this microcosm of the world with a scale model, five film monitors and only the voices of the inhabitants.

Theater der Welt 2010 ›Schöne Aussicht!‹ Lecture Presentation and talk with Adam Budak

World Premiere: 20.12.2006 STUK (Leuven) Concept: Berlin  Photography: Bart Baele, Nico Leunen Sound engineer: Tom De With Editor: Bart Baele Soundtrack & mixing: Peter Van Laerhoven Research: Berlin, Nico Leunen,  Graphics: Gerjo Van Dam Scale model: Koen De Ceuleneer Subtitles: Sofie Benoot Software development: Frank Lanssens Electronics: Dadaelectronics Set photos: Kim Troubleyn Aerial photos: Saguache Ranger District

Production: Berlin (Antwerp) Co-production: STUK (Leuven), KVS (Brussels), Vooruit (Gent)

With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, City of Antwerp, Flanders Image