THE ALEXANDRIANS

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Directed by: Metod Pevec

Duration: 1 h 34 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431043

EAN: 3838898431043

»When meeting the people who had been looked after and raised by Alexandrian nannies, I found out that they had warmer, gentler memories of their nannies and governesses than of their mothers. The phenomenon of Alexandrian female immigrants makes us realize the change it brought ‐ a woman was no longer just a woman, her place in the patriarchal context changed drastically« (Metod Pevec, director and screenwriter).

SYNOPSIS

The story about The Alexandrians focuses on a painful, almost exclusively female emigration. Due to poverty and fascist assimilation policy many people, especially youth, left the Vipava valley (west part of Slovenia) before World War II. Men emigrated to Argentina never to return, while women and girls would go to Egypt, mostly to what was then a rich and cosmopolitan Alexandria, where they remained for as long as several decades as wet nurses, nannies and housewives. Many of them returned too late to enjoy their own children and their homes – meant literally, since it was usually their money that paid for their houses.

ABOUT THE FILM

The film features Mateja Arčon, Martina S. Arhar, Roger A. Barcilon, Izidor Birsa, Savica Bonutti, Gilberto Civardi, Irene Cossutta, Ellis Douek, Franc Faganel, Nadia Farag Badawi, Silvester Furlani, Sonja Gabrijelčič, Michael Haag, Magda Lukežih, Michel Perez, Charles Peters, Zdravka Peters, Marija Pirnat, Primož Pirnat, Claudia Roden, Zlatko Romih, Marija Saksida, Vana Silič, Danilo Skomina, Marjuta Slamič, Vera Sulič, Lidija Susič, Sabina Šušmelj, Pepca Taylor, Matilda Vidmar, Alojz Zom and Peter Zom. The director and screenwriter is Metod Pevec, the director of photography is Mišo Čadež, the editor is Janez Bricelj, the author of the music is Aldo Kumar, the sound designer is Marjan Drobnič, the researcher is Barbara B. Stegeman and the producer is Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.

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