The Hour of Death

by Tomaž Gorkič

Smrtna ura, 2024, fiction, digital DCP, 2,39:1/2,35:1, 24, c, 19 min
Finished

Based on an iconic Yugoslavian graphic novel by Kostja Gatnik, the story follows the life of Urban, a man trapped in monotonous daily patterns. Years pass as Urban grows up and ages, with tireless repetitions persistently dominating his dreary life like a working machine. However, just before his death, a glimmer of the meaning of life dawns upon Urban.

based on the book by
Kostja Gatnik
screenwriter
Tomaž Gorkič
director
Tomaž Gorkič
producer
Deja Škerjanc
co-producers
Žiga Pokorn, Boštjan Kačičnik, Iztok Šuc Hribar
director of photography
Igor Pečoler
music composers
Boštjan Kačičnik, Dana Greif Lenarčič
film editor
Tomaž Gorkič
production designer
Zoran Lesjak
costume designer
Sanja Grcić
key make-up artist
Eva Uršič
sound designer
Boštjan Kačičnik

featuring
Boris Cavazza, Sebastian Cavazza, Mark Jacob Cavazza, Julijan Pop-Tasić, Natan Resnik, Tina Šulc Resnik, Pia Nikolič, Tomaž Gorkič

production
666 Productions
co-production
Zvokarna, NuFrame, Kerozin
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre

666 Productions
Deja Škerjanc
info@666productions.si

Tomaž Gorkič is a film, television and theatre director and scriptwriter, working in Slovenia and Italy. His filmography includes directing two genre feature films and over ten short films, which have been screened at numerous film festivals around the globe and have received more than 50 international film awards. His feature debut Idyll/Killbillies (2015) was defined as ”the first true Slovenian horror film” and also as ”the most radical Slovenian movie after the independence” (Marcel Štefančič Jr., Mladina). It received 21 international film awards. His second feature satirical horror film The Curse of Valburga premiered at Sitges Film Festival in 2019 and has received 8 international film awards. Both films were released in cinema, on VOD and DVD in different countries around the world.

“The story of the monotony and emptiness of the life, caught in the callous wheel of a system based on constant (almost) forced labor, which enables only the basic necessities of survival on the threshold of social and mental poverty, represents an homage to the timeless work of Kostja Gatnik.”