​​​​​​​THE STATE OF SHOCK

Drama

Directed by: Andrej Košak

Duration: 1 h 36 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431272

EAN: 3838898431272

The State of Shock is a bitter comedy from New Europe about transition, family, friendship, lost ideals and about the power of an individual to beat the system. »However, my intention was not to simply write a comedy, but to show the fallacies and delusions that we had witnessed over the last twenty years, during the period of the so called transition. Therefore, the film does not simply describe the current situation that Slovenes are faced with, but it attempts to capture the experience of the entire post-socialist bloc« (Andrej Košak, director). The actor Martin Marion, who trained in the USA, received the Vesna award for special achievements for the leading role of the worker Peter Zmazek, with which, according to the jury, he created an impressive and unencumbered appearance in the Slovenian film.

SYNOPSIS

The first of May or Labour Day, 1986, Ljubljana. Metalworker Peter Zmazek is awarded a title "the worker of the Year" at the factory Udarnik (Shock-Worker) and in addition to that - an apartment from the social housing fund. He is so overwhelmed that he falls into a state of shock and remains in a daze; nobody can help him to wake up. Peter ends up in a psychiatric institution, dreaming his dream of communist paradise for full ten years. In the meantime, the state, the political (communist) system and his family fall apart. Peter wakes up the very moment when his former wife Marica marries his best friend, Jovo. When Peter shows up at the wedding party, a bitter-sweet comedy of confusions begins. The protagonist confronts a completely different world dominated by modern technologies, suspicious businessmen and newborn politicians.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Martin Marion (Pero), Urška Hlebec (Marica), Nikola Kojo (Jovo), Aleksandra Balmazović (Jana), Maj Kirm (Tomaž), Vlado Novak (director), Emir Hadžihafizbegović (psychiatrist), Iva Krajnc (Vera), Dario Varga (Milan), Arna Šijak (secretary Nada), Robert Prebil (secretary Žunič), Primož Petkovšek (driver), Almir Mehić (manager), Miloš Batellino (criminalist), Evgen Car (receptionist), Marijana Brecelj (clerk), Neda Bric (bureaucrat) and Tijana Zinajić (cashier). The director and screenwriter is Andrej Košak, the director of photography is Slobodan Trninić, the musician is Stefan Valdobrev, the editors are Andrija Zafranović, Jurij Moškon and Blagoja Nedelkovski, the production designer is Pepi Sekulič, the costume designer is Jelena Proković, the make-up artist is Tina Šubic Dodočić, the sound designer is Atanas Georgiev, the sound recorder is Gašper Loborec, the sound mixer is Martin Schinz and the producer is Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.