WHAT NOW, LUKA?

Children's and Youth

Directed by: Jane Kavčič

Duration: 1 h 33 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 430794

EAN: 3838898430794

Caution: Due to copyright and distribution restrictions, the content is geographically limited, viewing outside of Slovenia is not possible.

A youth film about escaping from parental restrictions. »Jane Kavčič has been here since the first Slovene post-war film (he assisted France Štiglic in the film On Our Own Land in 1948) and always shot all his films - including youth films - as thrillers. He gave his spin to the genre« (Marcel Štefančič Jr., film critic).

SYNOPSIS

In this day and age, the life of an eight year-old growing boy in a block of flats is not so simple at all and Luka is no exception. His father and mother – both modern parents, are employed. In addition to this, they also have other responsibilities that take up much of their time. Meanwhile, downstairs in the courtyards between the blocks of flats, the children get up to all sorts of mischievous pranks. Luka’s mother, who is worried about her son’s safety, stops him from participating by preventing him from playing downstairs at all. Only, the school holidays are on and Luka has so much spare time on his hands that he would willingly share it with someone – if he had someone to share it with. Yet, being under house arrest, he is confined to watching television and videos, or playing computer games. The reason Luka is under house arrest is due to a red shoe belonging to the local social worker, which mysteriously turns up in Luka’s mother’s shoe-cupboard, where Luka had stored it for safe-keeping at the request of the playground bully Bigs. It is when Luka’s mother hears the social worker’s complaints that she decides to put an end to his freedom …

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Jan Grilanc (Luka), Tanja Ribič (Luka's mother), Borut Veselko (Luka's father), Iva Štefanič (Neli), Andrej Murenc (Žiga), Blaš Višak (Bajsi), Marija Lojk - Tršar (Luka's grandmother) and Vesna Lubej (Nelina's mom). The screenplay and direction are by Jane Kavčič, the director of photography is Valentin Perko, the editor is Janez Bricelj, the composer is Rok Golob, the sound recorder is Frane Povirk, the sound designer is Damijan Kunej, the production designer is Janez Kovič, the costume designer is Zvonka Makuc, the make-up artist is Mirjam Kavčič and producer Franci Zajc from Arsmedia.

Film is available to watch and stream online i.e to rent for 48 hours or 14 days. With slovenian subtitles.