After being away for four years, Rok Osterberg returns to his home town to investigate the murder of his younger brother Maks. As Maks was involved in illegal business, nobody seems to care about his death. The only person willing to help is a family friend, Inspector Kramer. Back home, Osterberg must face people from his past.
Cinematography
Neo-noir shadows that make Slovenia look like a forgotten dream.
Acting
Vrhovec carries decades of unspoken damage in every silence.
Director
Matej Nahtigal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Slovenian cinema rarely exports its noir tradition; Osterberg represents a regional attempt to graft American genre conventions onto post-Yugoslav anxieties about corruption and community silence.
Director Matej Nahtigal shot several scenes in his actual hometown, casting locals as extras—meaning the blank stares Osterberg receives were often genuinely unfamiliar faces.
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