production companies Gustav Film, Filmostovje, Senca Studio
producer Frenk Celarc, Miroslav Mandić, Ida Weiss
co-production companies Propeler Film (Croatia), SCCA/PRO.BA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Comrad (Slovenia), TV Slovenija (Slovenia)
co-producers Boris T. Matić, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Mitja Senčur
directed & written by Miroslav Mandić
cast Senad Bašić, Mojca Funki, Peter Musevski, Grega Zec, Iva Babić, Franjo Dijak
director of photography Jure Černec
editor Stanko Kostanjevec
art director Matjaž Pavlovec
costume designer Emil Cerar
composer Aldo Kumar
sound Samir Fočo
make-up Alenka Nahtigal
SUMMARY: Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980’s, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive ever since, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni’s annoyance and fits of jealousy, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is Max, the owner of a hotel called Adria and an avid fan of the 80’s New Wave. He offers Sonia to organize a come-back concert for the former star, without his knowing it. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. Sonia begs him to play, believing a concert is the only way out of his depression.
DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1955) holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies in Sarajevo and a master’s degree in Dramaturgy and Film Directing from the New York Columbia University. After the award-winning short film Workers’ Marriage (1985), he shot his full-length debut A Worker’s Life (1987). He directed The Surrealists’ Top Chart (1989-90), the most popular TV show in the former Yugoslavia. From 1995 till 2002, he directed a number of documentaries for the Czech television. He is the author of fulllength documentaries Borderline Lovers (2005) and Searching for Johnny (2009). Since 2005 he has lived and worked in Ljubljana.
Dates:
Wednesday, 24. July in 17:00, Cinema Valli
Thursday, 25. July in 12:00, INK
