Origine Slovénie

Ivan retrouve son foyer après une cure anti-alcoolique. La première journée avec sa femme se passe dans une ambiance joyeuse mais l'horizon n'est pas plus léger

Aleksandra, jeune étudiante slovène de 23 ans, mène une double vie : pour vivre, elle se prostitue via les petites annonces sous le nom de "Slovenian Girl".

Tanya a 35 ans et sa carrière professionnelle est une réussite. Son mari, Mare, est architecte. Tanya rentre chez elle très tard un vendredi soir. Mare se fâche et ils échangent des propos acides. Il est clair que Mare est jaloux. Il perd son calme et la gifle. Il est évident que ce n'est pas le premier incident de ce genre...The whole story takes place in one night in an apartment in Ljubljana. The shooting will take from three to five days (nights) at the most. The cast includes just two protagonists and a few mini-roles. Although the entire story actually takes place in real time (from 3:30 to 5:00 a.m.), it is highly condensed and emotional. The key question or the suspense is whether she will or will not walk out on him. The spaces in between leave enough room for the two leading actors to include their improvisations and experiences. 95% of the plot takes place in the apartment, on several tens of square metres only. To the director, it will be a special a challenge to create the right volume of the true film illusion, to create a dark drama packed with suspense and suppressed morbid secrets that we so fervently hide from the world. There will be no scenes of physical aggression (apart from two small exceptions), no hysteria (nil!) or shouting (maybe one or two remarks in raised voices at the most). The film will be built on the verbal conflict between the two protagonists, on skilful and reproachful twisting of low-voiced words and facts, and on immense psychological stress.

Peter, la quarantaine, se voit licencié de l'usine où il travaillait jusqu'ici, avant que la Slovénie n'entre dans l'Union Européenne. Chaque jour, il se rend au service-emploi et compte bien reprendre le dessus, aidé en cela par Vera, son épouse attentive. Ses efforts demeurant vains, il perd confiance en lui de jour en jour et finit par découvrir que Vera le trompe. Le jour où il décide de se pendre, un voisin le sauve in extremis. Et la routine reprend...The main hero, Peter, is in his early forties. He´s a machine operator by profession. Until recently, he worked in a factory, but after Slovenia´sintegration into the European Union, the factory closed down and Peter and his colleagues were made redundant. Peter´s wife isvery supportive and their family life appears to be quite satisfactory. Peter is paying regular visits to the Employment Service and is tryingto find another job wherever he can, but all his efforts are in vain. Slowly but surely, he is loosing self-confidence and self-esteem. Hebecomes suspicious of his wife, Vera, and thinks that she might be cheating on him. When it almost seems that all Peter´s fears and suspicionsare only in his head, it turns out that Vera is actually seeing another man. Peter demands a divorce immediately, and Vera agrees.Almost overnight Peter is left alone as Vera moves out and takes Sonja their daughter with her. In a moment of despair, Peter decidesto hang himself. He takes a rope and when the rope is tightening around his neck the doorbell rings. By mere coincidence a neighbour,who just wanted to borrow some coffee, saves his life. Peter ends up in a psychiatric ward. After this episode, his pointless life goes on- his everyday visits to the Employment Service become a routine, he frequents a local bar for a beer and a chat with his friends. One dayon his way home he finds all his neighbours scared and worried in front of the house. He learns that gas has been leaking in the cellar.Fire-fighters should have arrived already, but they got stuck in a traffic jam. There is a real danger of explosion. Peter does not hesitate; heruns into the building and manages to shut down the main valve, although he almost suffocates. His neighbours are cheering him whenhe comes out of the building, they are happy and relieved, and the house manager offers him a job of a caretaker.

Ludvik conduit chaque nuit dans son camion des réfugiés clandestins de l'Italie à la Croatie. Un jour, son chef lui adjoint un jeune compagnon inexpérimenté...