{"id":362,"date":"2014-02-18T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsmedia.si\/?p=362"},"modified":"2014-02-21T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T13:11:10","slug":"ljubljana-the-beloved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsmedia.si\/en\/feature-films\/ljubljana-the-beloved","title":{"rendered":"Ljubljana The Beloved"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LjubljanaGenre: drama
\nDuration: 110 min
\nYear: 2005
\nScreenplay: Matja\u017e Klop\u010di\u010d
\nDirector: Matja\u017e Klop\u010di\u010d
\nCast: Kristijan Gu\u010dek, Iva Krajnc, Igor Samobor, Nata\u0161a Barbara Gra\u010dner, Polde Bibi\u010d, Ivanka Me\u017ean, Barbka Cerar, Ivo Ban, Dare Vali\u010d,…
\nLinks:\u00a0www.film-sklad.si<\/a>,\u00a0www.kolosej.si<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Story<\/h3>\n

\u201cLjubljana the beloved\u201d is a tale about growing up in Ljubljana during a dark period in its history. The main protagonist is Oton, a young boy who grows into a young man while he watches his hometown change in the period from 1934, when King Alexander is killed in France, through first the Italian and then the German occupations of the city, until the arrival of communism. Oton\u2019s path crosses those of numerous people closely involved with the city and its life. Historical events dramatically impact the lives of Oton\u2019s first love Marjana, the Italian officer Giorgio, who Marjana falls in love with, the prostitute Anita, the star of the nightclub The Purgatory, the bag lady Shirley, the porter Jaka, and several other characters whose lives form the mosaic of the period.
\nOton\u2019s story begins at a point when he learns the difference between men and women; the experience makes him swear eternal love to his friend Marjana. His hopes are dashed, however, when the Italian occupying forces invade Ljubljana in 1941. At that time, Oton is in grammar school. He hates the Italians and joins the underground resistance movement. Marjana slowly changes and forgets the company she used to keep. She draws away from Oton as she falls madly in love with Giorgio, an Italian officer lodging in the apartment of Oton\u2019s parents. With time, the Italian occupying troops become increasingly brutal. The only place where nothing seems to change is the nightclub Purgatory, where both the townspeople and the Italian soldiers come to forget about the horrors of the war. The Purgatory is a reflection of the society\u2019s degeneration and the wartime decadence.
\nThe film is partly\u00a0autobiographic and aims to portray the former life of Ljubljana that barely survives in our memories.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film will be dedicated to the one hundred years of Slovenian film, to the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Ljubljana, and to the writer Rudi \u0160eligo.<\/p>\n

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