Drama

by Janez Lapajne

Drama, fiction, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 24, c, 26 min
In progress

Aleš, Žiga and Sašo are friends from childhood. The first is a former champion in motoring. Now he has a tire repair workshop, above which he lives with his younger partner, Urša. Žiga is guilty of a serious traffic accident and, even though he is a doctor, he tries to cover it up. Young parents die in an accident, leaving behind a baby. Žiga turns to Aleš for help. The latter is in a dilemma whether to help his friend or to go to the police where Sašo works, and report him. Aleš lost his parents very early, so he is more and more inclined to report Žiga. However, he hesitates, because Žiga once saved his Urša's life as a doctor. The film's title is taken from the 1905 bronze statue of the same name by Franc Berneker.

screenwriters
Janez Lapajne, Domen Lapajne
director
Janez Lapajne
producer
Aiken Veronika Prosenc
director of photography
Janez Stucin
music composer
Uroš Rakovec
film editors
Janez Lapajne, Domen Lapajne
production designer
Janez Lapajne
costume designer
Nadja Bedjanič
key make-up artist
Anja Godina
sound designer
Julij Zornik

featuring
Aleš Bužga, Nina Rakovec, Robert Prebil, Gregor Čušin, Tilen Lapajne, Janez Usenik, Jeremi Weiss Turk, Vid Prelog, Rok Andolšek

production
Triglav film
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre
distribution
Fivia

Triglav film
Aiken Veronika Prosenc
triglavfilm@siol.com

Born in 1967. Arguably the most versatile Slovenian filmmaker of his generation, known for his flair for directing actors. His awarded and critically acclaimed feature and short films are among the most noteworthy achievements of the contemporary Slovenian cinema. Many now established younger filmmakers first ventured into the world of film at his master classes, and he later served as producer, co-writer, or editor of some of their early feature films.

“A funny anecdote from the childhood of our family tire repairman Aleš Bužga was the trigger for the film's content. I wrote the script together with my older son Domen, and in the end I put our tire repairman in front of the camera to play the main role. For the first time in my professional career, I decided to occasionally use zoom while framing, something I had always avoided in previous films.”

Triglav film is a family-run production and distribution company, established in 2001. The films Rustling Landscapes (2002), Short Circuits (2006), Personal Baggage (2009), Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? (2012), Class Enemy (2013) and Dromedary (2019) have got critical acclaim and received numerous awards around the world. Since 2004, PoEtika, a master class in film directing, has been held occasionally under the auspices of Triglav film.