SLOVENKA

Drama

Directed by: Damjan Kozole

Duration: 1 h 30 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431265

EAN: 3838898431265

»The story of one of the prostitutes intrigued me the most – her greed, her frank indifference, and the unbearable lightness of her practised sex-for-money philosophy. It’s almost as if it has nothing to do with her or her body. She shifts to automatic pilot while doing her job« (Damjan Kozole, director). Awards at film festivals in Girona, Essonne and Valencia and at the Slovenian Film Festival (Vesna for the supporting role of Primož Pirnat).

SYNOPSIS

Ljubljana 2008. The time of the Slovenian presidency of the European Union. Alexandra is a 23-year-old student of English language and literature, about to write her thesis. She comes from a small town. Her parents are divorced. No one knows that Alexandra runs personal ads under the nickname, “The Slovenian Girl” and that prostitution is her secret source of income. She’s very good at manipulating people, is an accomplished liar and a bit of a thief, and hates her mother. The only person she cares about is her father, a faded rocker. Alexandra has plans for her life, but life is not as easy as she has naively expected.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring, among others, Nina Ivanišin (Aleksandra), Peter Musevski (Edo), Primož Pirnat (Zdravko), Maruša Kink (Vesna), Dejan Spasić (Mile), Aljoša Kovačič (Peter) and Andrej Murenc (Miha). Directed by Damjan Kozole, who wrote the screenplay with Matevž Luzar and Ognjen Sviličić, the director of photography is Aleš Belak, the editors are Andrija Zafranović and Jurij Moškon, the production designer is Maja Moravec, the costume designer is Zora Stančič, the make up artist is Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska, the sound designer Zornik and the producer is Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.