Dance of Life

by Siniša Gačić

Ples življenja, 2026, documentary, digital DCP, 2,39:1/2,35:1, c, 74 min
Finished
SI
Alenka and Marijan have shared forty years together in their peaceful home on the edge of a forest. Once inseparable on the dance floor, they still find strength and joy in music and movement. Now in his eighties, Marijan remains active, while Alenka, seventeen years younger, suffers from Morquio syndrome—an incurable illness that slowly weakens her body. After years of surgeries and perseverance, Alenka’s condition worsens, and she decides to prepare documents for assisted suicide in Switzerland, hoping also to spark public debate on euthanasia in Slovenia. Four years later, unable to bear the pain, Alenka and Marijan leave their home hand in hand and travel to Switzerland.
screenwriters
Siniša Gačić, Andrej Nagode
director
Siniša Gačić
producers
Anja Vrdlovec, Siniša Gačić
director of photography
Siniša Gačić
music composer
Ivan Antić
film editor
Andrej Nagode
sound designers
Ivan Antić, Dean Stojčič
featuring
Alenka Čurin Janžekovič, Marijan Čurin Janžekovič
production
Zuhr Film
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre

ZUHR
Siniša Gačić
sinisa.gacic@gmail.com

Siniša Gačić