Two Slovenian men flee to Italy for peace and find... everything but.
Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him inner peace, thus starting a new life. Emotionally disturbed Fritz, on the other hand, tries to escape everyday life, as well as from commitment he has to his female friend.
Cinematography
Hazy Italian landscapes that judge these men silently.
Acting
Boris Cavazza's crumbling priest—every blink is a confession.
Director
Matjaž Klopčič
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Vitomil Zupan's novel, this was rare Yugoslav cinema engaging Catholic guilt and bourgeois malaise—basically Slovenian 'Last Year at Marienbad' with more suffering.
Klopčič shot the Italian sequences without permits, stealing locations like his characters stole moments of false freedom.
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