Ten-year-old Ida believes that the mysterious angelic singing resounding across the village graveyard is the only thing keeping her beloved Grandma alive. So she decides to join the school choir-even though she is absolutely tone deaf.
Direction
Ivakič balances magical realism with bone-dry Slovenian humor.
Sound
The choir's dissonance becomes unexpectedly transcendent.
Director
Ester Ivakič
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Slovenian village choirs are historically tied to death rituals; the film weaponizes this tradition against sentimentality.
Lana Marić had zero singing training; her genuine off-key performances required the adult choir to genuinely struggle to harmonize around her.
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