"We went to Athens to see what a European crisis looks like, and what the IMF and EU austerity measures have done to the country. For three years the European media has created an image of a population who doesn't pay taxes, lives on loans and works too little. Once in Greece, we saw solidarity and an organisational resourcefulness to be envied. Political discussions that make the public discourse in Northern Europe looked like a joke to us. We met many Greeks of our own age, a generation whose parents have fought for democracy, education, welfare. Now they stand educated but there are no jobs. As filmmakers we finally chose to provide a space for 'the missing media image' of Greece. And what about Sweden? Are we having a crisis? If not, why is the unemployment growing? Why are fascist ideas taking hold? What if the "lazy Greek" is a myth established in order to maintain our own sense of security?"
(Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall & Marta Dauliūtė)