TeloExpected delivery: Q1 2023
The Body
- Documentary Film
- s.d.
- Slovenia, North Macedonia, Croatia
Urška recalls the day when she dived into Lake Prespa in the middle of the Macedonian mountains fifteen years ago. Her four-year-old daughter, Zoja, and her close friend Petra were waiting for her on the bank. She remembers swimming towards an island lying in the middle of the lake, trying to break free from her confused and dark thoughts. The next day Urška fell into a coma. She woke up in a Slov
Urška recalls the day when she dived into Lake Prespa in the middle of the Macedonian mountains fifteen years ago. Her four-year-old daughter, Zoja, and her close friend Petra were waiting for her on the bank. She remembers swimming towards an island lying in the middle of the lake, trying to break free from her confused and dark thoughts. The next day Urška fell into a coma. She woke up in a Slovenian hospital, struggling to figure out who she was and what had happened. She didn’t know it was only the beginning of a medical ordeal that would last a decade. Fifteen years later, Urška and Petra go back to Lake Prespa. Urška is gradually putting her life puzzle together as the two friends rewind the film of the events, replaying the tumultuous journey of Urška’s relationship with herself. They go back to Urška’s diary, where she recorded her organic journey from a desire to get rid of one’s body to the mysterious learning of self-reconciliation.
| Director | Petra Seliškar |
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| Cast | Urška Ristić, Zoja Ristić, Bojan Ristić |
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"When she dives into the lake on that day, in a lost region of the Macedonian mountains, Urška doesn’t intend to come back. She left behind her, on the bank, two friends, Petra and Brand, and a five-y
"When she dives into the lake on that day, in a lost region of the Macedonian mountains, Urška doesn’t intend to come back. She left behind her, on the bank, two friends, Petra and Brand, and a five-year-old daughter Zoja. She dives and she swims, and swims towards the island lying in the middle of the lake. And, while she’s swimming, she knows she doesn’t want to come back. Ever. A young single woman who refuses fatality and has her whole life ahead of her. Two days later, the little band came back from that summer trip to the Macedonian mountains. The day after Urška was falling into a coma."