Section: Feature Film Competition

Družinica

The Basics of Killing

Jan Cvitkovič
Slovenia, Serbia, 2017, 95 Min

Farewell middle class existence! The decline comes both suddenly and inexorably: he loses his teaching job and she her position at the research laboratory. Initially unable to finance payments for the mortgage and car loan, they soon find themselves struggling to cover school fees, electricity bills, and before long they don’t have enough for food.

Soul Food Distrbution

They have a wonderful flat, a luxury car and the two kids attend the best school in town. Marko teaches philosophy, that is until he bluntly rejects the advances of a besotted student, who in turn accuses him of sexual abuse. In order to avoid a scandal the school administration terminates his contract. When his wife Dunja is made redundant, the couple soon struggle to keep up with their loan payments, and it’s not long until they find themselves struggling to pay for the bare necessities. They’re not eligible for social benefit payments; according to the latest tax assessment the couple are wealthy. Meanwhile the children are forced to come up with ever more inventive ways of overcoming hunger and making their desperate situation more bearable.

In this, his fifth feature film, Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovič portrays the social decline of a middle class family, with the fascinating composition of cinematographer Marko Brdar transforming an everyday narrative into an epic social portrait. WMH

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Jan Cvitkovič
Kamera
Marko Brdar
Ton
Boštjan Kačičnik
Schnitt
Andrija Zafranović
Ausstattung
Vasja Kokelj
Musik
Damir Avdić
Darsteller
Primož Vrhovec, Irena Kovačević, Miha Košec, Ula Gulič
Produzent
Andrej Štritof, Aleš Pavlin
Produktion
Perfo Production
Co-Produktion
Pilon Media
Kontakt
Soul Food Distrbution
Tijana Višnijć
Majke Jevrosime 39
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
+381.11.267.20 04
tijana.visnijc@soulfoodfilms.com
Jan Cvitkovič

Jan Cvitkovič - born in 1966 in Tolmin, Yugoslavia (Slovenia). While being a student of Archaeology (he graduated in 1999), he began to write prize-winning screenplays and won acclaim as an actor. His feature film debut KRUH IN MLEKO won the Special Award of the Jury at FilmFestival Cottbus in 2001. In 2015 he won the Audience Award at FilmFestival Cottbus with his film ŠIŠKA DELUXE.

Movies
KRUH IN MLEKO (2001, FFC 2001)
SRCE JE KOS MESA (2003, short, FFC 2004)
ODGROBADOGROBA (2005, FFC 2005)
ARCHEO (2011)
ŠIŠKA DELUXE (2015, FFC 2015)