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Grandpa Goes South
  • Fiction Feature Film
  • 103' 42''
  • 2022
  • Slovenia, North Macedonia

Synopsis

Two elderly musicians on the search for a sweetheart from the past cross paths with a rising young singer, which takes them on an adventure of a lifetime.

Vlado kidnaps his best friend Boris from the hospital, unable to come to terms with the fact that Boris is dying. His plan is to take him to Serbia to reunite him with his unrequited love interest Neda, a woman he lost touch with years ago as a result of a set of unfortunate circumstances. All goes well until they cross paths with a Roma girl called Esma, when life decides to take a different turn.

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Grants
Call for financing projects for the production of feature, short, documentary and animated films 2019/II
2019
source: Agencija za Film na Republika Severna Makedonija
RTV Slovenija javni razpis za izdelavo filmov neodvisnih producentov za javno kinematografsko predvajanje v letu 2018
2018
source: RTV Slovenija
109,800.00 EUR
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Redni letni javni razpis za sofinanciranje realizacije slovenskih celovečernih filmskih projektov za leto 2018
Comitee: Lilijana Nedič, Rok Biček, Rok Sečen, Tina Smrekar (alternate) Explication

Zanimiva kombinacija melodrame z elementi komedije, kriminalke in akcije, ki ne pristaja na nikakršne vsebinske kompromise in hkrati ohranja izjemen potencial za širši krog gledalcev tako doma kot v regiji. Dramska struktura je dovršena, situacije delujejo osmišljeno in samostojno, pri čemer jih nadgrajujejo duhoviti in organski dialogi ter verodostojna in večplastna osrednja lika. Vse to
se prepleta v dveh osnovnih zgodbah; najprej v zgodbi prijateljev, Vlada in Borisa, na poti k davno izgubljeni ljubezni Nedi in s tem na poti k smislu življenja, ki ga vidita v ljubezni in iskrenem prijateljstvu. Druga zgodba je napeta kriminalka, ki jo sproži likvidacija priče osamosvojitvene trgovine z orožjem, v kar se po naključju vpleteta osrednja lika na svoji odisejadi iz Ljubljane do Beograda.

2018
source: Slovenski filmski center