SILENT SONATA
by Janez Burger
synopsis
When the deafening rattle of war dies away, we see Stevo, scared, running about the field where traces of warfare can be seen and where his house, likewise badly damaged, stands. He is left alone with his daughter Dunja and son Small as his wife has been hit by one of the grenades. When it seems that the worst is over, a terrible rumble can be heard from a distance and keeps nearing the house as a threat. Stevo discovers, confused, that the vehicle which stopped in front of the house is not a killing machine but a rather unusual vehicle of Circus Fantasticus. Getting know of the group of bizarre but utterly human characters changes the life of Stevo and his children, and they join the circus caravan which sets off on a new journey.
international title: | Silent Sonata |
original title: | Circus Fantasticus |
country: | Slovenia, Ireland, Finland, Sweden |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Janez Burger |
film run: | 74' |
screenplay: | Janez Burger |
cast: | Leon Lučev, Pauliina Rasanen, Ravil Sultanov, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Rene Bazinet, Daniel Rovai, Yannick Martens, Natalija Sultanova, David Boelee, Slava Volkov, Xauxue Zhanng |
cinematography by: | Diviš Marek |
film editing: | Miloš Kalusek |
art director: | Vasja Kokalj |
costumes designer: | Alan Hranitelj |
producer: | Jožko Rutar, Petra Bašin, Morgan Bushe, Petra Rossi, Fredrik Zander, Tomas Eskilsson |
production: | Staragara Productions, Fastnet Films, Cineworks LTD, RTV Slovenija, The Chimney Pot Sweden / Chimney |
backing: | Film i Väst, Filmski sklad Republike Slovenije, FS Viba film, Irish Film Board, Eurimages, Finnish Film Fundation, MEDIA Programme |