ODE TO THE POET

Drama

Directed by: Martin Srebotnjak

Duration: 1 h 41 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431234

EAN: 3838898431234

»Who is Prešeren, what did he drink and what kind of women did he like? Comedy can begin« (Martin Srebotnjak, director, screenwriter and actor). The Ode to the Poet was filmed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous Slovene poet France Prešeren. The director Martin Srebotnjak wrote the script for his feature debut (in which he plays the main role) in eight days left before the end of the application deadline. Ode to the Poet received the Audience Award at the Festival of Slovenian Film in 2001. »A light, very witty, anecdotal, sometimes brilliant and lucid film« (Marcel Štefančič Jr., film critic).

SYNOPSIS

Miha, an unrecognised poet, writes cheap commercial slogans for a living. After everyone has turned down an invitation to write an epic poem in honour of the bicentenary of Prešeren's birth, finally he is asked to do it. After he catches his girlfriend Dana in bed with another man, he throws her from the apartment. Petra, a student, enters his life and wants to help him in his battle with the great myth of Prešeren. He has trouble writing the poem while his friend Edo is getting increasingly nervous because he has a number of new commercials for Miha to write, and furthermore, the state secretary is getting more and more furious because he is beginning to understand that the state celebration is being created by a group of »shining examples of the members of Slovenian cultural community«.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Martin Srebotnjak (Miha), Barbara Cerar (Petra), Gregor Čušin (Edo), Brane Grubar (secretary), Barbara Žefran (Dana), Gašper Tič (Prešeren), Tomi Janežič (Molnar), Zvone Čoh (Južnič) in Branko Đurić - Đuro (Ednan Konstantinović). The director and screenwriter is Martin Srebotnjak, the director of photography is Ven Jemeršič, the author of the music is Alojz Srebotnjak, the editor is Dafne Jemeršič, the sound designers are Julij Zornik and Boštjan Kačičnik, the sound recorder is Jože Trtnik, the costume designer is Sabina Buždon and the producer is Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.