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14-year-old Jan and his newly divorced mother Maja had hoped for more from their move to a small town. After several lockdowns, there are finally face-to-face classes again, but Jan's joy at his new school does not last long. Harassment pours in - and his 45-year-old mother, who should actually be able to help her son in the best possible way as a school psychologist, prefers to shoot herself down. So Jan's thug neighbour comes just in time. But when the mother's escapades and the violent outbursts of the new "friend" come to a head, the situation threatens to get out of hand. Director, screenwriter and author Nejc Gazvoda tells the story of a dysfunctional mother-son relationship and the resulting vulnerability to bullying with raw toughness and yet a loving eye. Above all, however, he urges us not to suppress the collective trauma of the pandemic and its psychological consequences.
Text: Stefanie Borowsky/ Joshua Jádi
The film will be shown in the original language with English subtitles and simultaneously translated into German. Headphones are available free of charge against a deposit in the cinema foyer.
Nejc Gazvoda, Tomislav Zajec
Jan Šuster
Boštjan Kačičnik
Iris Čeh
France Mandić
Mojca Funkl
Jure Henigman
Vesna Pernarčič
Klara Kuk
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Nejc Gazvoda - wrote his first short story collection when he was still in high school. Gazvoda later published his first novel, Camera obscura, which was nominated for Slovenia's prestigious Kresnik Prize for the best novel of the year. He is also the author of two other novels. In 2010 he graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (UL AGRFT) with a diploma in film and television directing. In 2011 he wrote, directed and edited his first feature film, A Trip. The film won national and international awards at several film festivals. Two years later, his second feature film, Dual, was equally successful.
A Trip (2011)
Dual (2013)
