A washed-up DJ, a 1938 motorcycle, and a revolution nobody saw coming.
The aged rocker Igor works as a journalist and DJ at the "Radio Student" in Ljubljana. He notices that the janitor Miha works for the police, tapping the walls and observing the journalists who are critical of the regime. After a clash with his editor, Igor decides to leave for Greece by his old bike DKW from 1938, via Bosnia and Serbia. Young Rahela joins him on the trip. Traveling through Yugoslavia, Igor becomes involved in unexpected turmoil: Milosevic's "antibureaucratic revolution" starts in Serbia and Vojvodina.
Direction
Žilnik shoots revolution like a casual Tuesday.
Production
That 1938 DKW motorcycle deserves its own credit.
Director
Želimir Žilnik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Žilnik filmed during actual Milošević rallies, blurring fiction and collapsing history in real-time.
Radio Student was a genuine dissident hub; the surveillance details come from actual Stasi-style tactics used against journalists.
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