Tragedy doesn’t come any more Dickensian in tone or Shakespearian in scope than this dark social drama of the disintegration of a little family of four. A series of small debts triggers the swift domino effect that unleashes chaos on a well-meaning working class dad who has the bad judgment to speak truth to power.
Acting
Mandić's Mare simmers until he boils over—devastating.
Direction
Möderndorfer traps you in claustrophobic domestic spaces.
Writing
Every small debt snowballs with horrifying inevitability.
Director
Vinko Möderndorfer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Slovenia's post-2008 financial crisis cinema wave, reflecting real evictions and debt crises.
The title references Dante's first circle of hell—fitting for a film about punishment without apparent sin.
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