NIKA

Children's and Youth

Directed by: Slobodan Maksimović

Duration: 1 h 32 min

Format: Digitalno + fizično

Code: 901164

EAN: 3838898901164

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Slobodan Maksimović's second feature film about a 16-year-old go-kart driver who overcomes a dispute with her mother to win the most important victory of her life. Best Youth Film at the Motovun Film Festival. “Nika shows that girls can succeed in roles traditionally assigned to boys. This is why an even more exaggerated version of one of the film's slogans, that girls are better than boys, is true: because girls have to be better than boys to be accepted as equals in a man's world” (Urban Tarman, Radio Slovenia).

SYNOPSIS

The main character of the film is Nika, a 16-year-old girl who loves racing go-karts. She was inspired to take up the sport by her father, who was killed in a car accident, and is now looked after by her mother Mojca. Nika is at odds with her because she won't let her continue to practice karting. She is too scared of being without her daughter after losing her husband. But Mum's ban is having the opposite effect to the one she wanted.

ABOUT THE FILM

The cast includes Ylenia Mahnič (Nika Franko), Marjuta Slamič (Mojca Franko), Sebastian Cavazza (Robert Franko), Benjamin Krnetić (Aleks), Gašper Tič (Marko), Nenad Tokalić (Nani), Gojmir Lešnjak (Tugo), Primož Pirnat (Mate), Borut Veselko (Žan's father) and Patrik Škvarč (Toni). The director is Slobodan Maksimović, who wrote the script in collaboration with Matjaž Pikalo, the director of photography is Predrag Dubravčić, the editor is Jurij Moškon, the production designer is Marco Juratovec, the costume designer is Tatjana Birgmajer, authors of the music are Miha Guštin-Gušti and Peter Dekleva and the producer is Alan Vitezič from the production company Nora.