Zdroj/Source

A driver stops at a gas station, inserts the nozzle into his car's tank, the numbers on the meter start running, and the liquid flows... In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, the world's first oil well was once opened. The area around the city is riddled with extraction holes and crisscrossed with rusty pipelines. The pumps sway monotonously like strange steel animals, endlessly sucking up streams of oil. While the driver buys a sandwich at the station, the film takes the viewer on a journey to uncover the connections... What secrets are hidden in the centuries-old oil fields that Hitler was so enamored with? Is "black gold" suitable for spas? Will the Contract of the Century and the massive pipeline save the country? Why is a matryoshka doll of President Aliyev more expensive than one of Osama Bin Laden? What can commissioner Cattani do in one of the most corrupt countries in the world? Everything is connected, and sometimes the price is higher than it seems on the receipt. The driver gets behind the wheel and...

The film SOURCE is an active documentary probe into our connection with the world's most important raw material. SOURCE travels across oil spills, delves into tragicomic situations, observes the forms of corruption, records the shifts in power, uncovers layers of globalization, bears witness to personal struggles, and examines the true cost of black gold. A film that leads to the SOURCE.

directed by Martin Mareček