The film tells the story of an elderly cynic and choleric man, who lives a wheelchair in a spacious flat in Trieste. Albert is also a kind of a rasist, surrounded with his solitude of obsessive memory fragments, in which his unresolved relations with family members reside, as he distanced himself from them a long time ago. His only contact with reality is Ida, an educated middle-aged lady, who arrives at his place twice a week to clean up, cook for him and to bathe him.
The film is produced by Ikovic through Arsmedia in coproduction with Iridum Film, MB Grip and Zvokarna. The project is supported by the Slovenian Film Center with 150,000,00 EUR and by Italian Radio Television RAI, Regional center for Friuli Venezia Giulia – Slovene programme. Technical support has been provided by Studio Viba Film in equipment use valued at 70,000 EUR.
The total budget is 322,600 EUR without additional and promotional costs, Ikovic told FNE. The Slovenian Film Center contributed 46.50% of the budget, Studio Viba Film 21.74%, and Arsmedia with coproduction companies 31.77%.
Writer and director Marko Sosič studied in Trieste and at the Academy for Theatre, Film and TV in Zagreb, Croatia. For many years he worked as the art coordinator of the Slovenian Theatre in Trieste and at the Slovenian National Theatre in Nova Gorica. He directed plays in Trieste, Ljubljana and in Rome, as well as worked for TV. He has written four novels and two collections of short stories. His works have received several awards.
The film was shot from August to September 2015 on the Slovenian coast, in Ljubljana and in Trieste Italy.
The premiere is expected in January 2017.
Production Information:
Arsmedia
Stegne 5
1000 Ljubljana
SI - Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 513 25 08, +386 1 513 25 62
Mobile: +386 (0) 40 626 931
Fax: +386 1 513 25 62
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www.arsmedia.si
Iridium Film
Bojan Mastilović
Groharjevo naselje 54
SI-4220 Škofja Loka
Phone: + 386 41 402 909
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www.iridiumfilm.com
MB Grip
Kaseljska 59b
1260 Ljubljana - Polje
SI - Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 52 85 913, + 386 41 791 642
http://www.jelnikar.si
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Zvokarna d.o.o.
Devinska 8
1000 Ljubljana
SI - Slovenia
Phone: + 386 41 798 9604
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Credits:
Director: Marko Sosič
Screenwriter: Marko Sosič
DoP: Radovan Čok
Editor: Janez Bricelj
Sound Designer: Boštjan Kačičnik[D2]
Sound Recordist: Jože Trtnik
Production Designer: Dušan Milavec
Costume Designer: Zvonka Makuc
Make up artist: Mirjam Kavčič
Music: Stefano Schiraldi
Cast: Ivo Barišič, Marjuta Slamič
