Polonca Valentinčič

One realises that costume design is one of the essential elements of expression in Paradise – A Second Life as soon as Calogero, safely hidden behind a mask, can breathe somewhat more freely for the first time, after arriving in a place where he is supposed to start a new chapter in his life. This, however, is a highly contradictory chapter: both the protagonist and his antagonist can only survive if they remain hidden – in plain view. The costumes that the designer puts on the two characters layer after layer work not only as protection against the cold, but as camouflage for the adversaries in this tragicomical battle for survival.

Emil Cerar in Polonca Valentinčič sta s svojimi kostumi spretno poudarila tako počasno drsenje družine na socialni rob kot tudi raznovrstnost načinov, s katerimi se posamezni člani družine soočajo z izzivi revščine.