Synopsis
The age of coal is coming to an end. Since long time, slowly and definately. Prosper/Haniel in Bottrop is the last coalmine to close in Germany. 40 years ago we started a film cycle there: THE CHRONICLE OF THE PROSPER COLLIERY AND ITS SETTLEMENT EBEL. About history, work and everyday life. With the closure of the last colliery, we are going there again and shoot one last film. 3 years of work, shooting and editing. How does one live with the end of something that has shaped one’s life for generations? What is lost, what remains and what changes? A film in which the end is not the end and the future has already begun.
