production company Arsmedia
producer Franci Zajc
co-production companies Jadran film Zagreb (Croatia)
co-producers Franjo Senjak
executive producer Boštjan Ikovic
director Marko Naberšnik
written by Marko Naberšnik prema literarnom after the book written by Feri Lainšček
cast Visar Vishka, Asli Bayram, Senad Bašić, Marjuta Slamič, Jasna Diklić, Miodrag Miki Trifunov
director of photography Miloš Srdič
editor Janez Bricelj
art director Miha Ferkov
costume designer Nataša Rogelj
composer Saša Lošić
sound Jože Trtnik, Boštjan Kačičnik
make-up Mirjam Kavčič
SUMMARY: Lutvija Belmondo Mirga tells a story about four generations of his Roma family. Belmondo earns a living by smuggling and his power and influence are growing. He wins the support of local politicians and the police, which makes him untouchable and above the law. He becomes the gypsy king and decides to build his gypsy village and name it Shanghai. However, during the disintegration of Yugoslavia, instead of smuggling goods, people start smuggling arms…
DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik (Maribor, Slovenia, 1973) attended a film directing course at the New York Film Academy in 1996. There he made his first short film The Beginning and it was with this film that he passed the entrance examination to study Film and Television Directing at the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), from which he graduated in 2010. He has been working as assistant lecturer at the Academy and as director of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. His full-length directorial debut Rooster’s Breakfast (Petelinji zajtrk, 2007) was seen by 183,000 spectators, which makes it one of the biggest box-office hits in Slovenia of all-time.
Dates:
Sunday, 21. July in 16:00, Cinema Valli
Monday, 22. July in 12:00, INK
