- Student project
Plavanje
- Short Fiction Film
- 24'
- 2014
- Slovenia
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Synopsis
Sanela, 12, is a good swimmer and wants to compete in a school swimming competition, but her period gets in the way. For her and her traditional Muslim family, menstruation is a major change in life. The film is about the religious and cultural gap between the West and Islam as experienced by children and youngsters growing up torn between the values of Western society of the spectacle, and Islamic tradition.
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Swimming strongly brings us a vivid story of the culture clash through the eyes of a teenager torn by the life in contemporary western surrounding opposed to religious rules of her family. Through her excellent performance the young lead actress carries the universal story of growing up.
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