24 Hours in the Life of a City (2001)

Apparently, it is an ordinary day. Just a nice, ordinary day. Hours go by, one after the other. Noon to midnight, midnight to noon: the big pendulum of the city life is in perpetual movement. From the first light of dawn to the last lights late into the night, a capital - or metropolis- never really sleeps. Each time, it is a new face of the city that is brought to the viewer. A new place to discover, famous or unknown, up front or behind the scenes, meeting new people and sharing bits of life at any time of the day or the night. To each hour its own labor, haste, relaxation, pleasure and feeling. To each hour its own sounds, colors, smells, lights and pace. "24 hours in the Life of a City" is a whole different way of discovering a city. It is not being passive before a succession of postcards. It is rather diving into it. Experiencing it from the inside, side by side with those who live there, be it daylight or night. The idle and the workers, the high society and the ordinary people, all typical and anonymous. From noon to midnight, from midnight to noon.