Varuh meje (2002)A canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey of discovery for three female students. Director:Maja Weiss |
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Varuh meje (2002)A canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey of discovery for three female students. Director:Maja Weiss |
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Gasper Jarni |
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Milada Kalezic |
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Igor Korsic |
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Simona
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Domen Novak |
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Boris Ostan |
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Tanja Potocnik | ... |
Alja
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Semka Sokolovic-Bertok |
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Zvonimir Torjanac |
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Vladimir Vlaskalic |
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Pia Zemljic | ... |
Zana
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Gorazd Zilavec |
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Jonas Znidarsic | ... |
Guardian of the Frontier
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Three girls' summer canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey into fear when they discover that the wooded riverbanks not only conceal the frontier between Slovenia and Croatia, but also the border between the permissible and the forbidden, and that it is the self-styled Guardian of the Frontier who draws the line. Written by Princeska
During the first 20 or so minutes of the movie, I was afraid that this was going to be yet another cheap attempt to make a day-horror film: three girls take a trip down the river dividing Slovenia and Croatia.
But, it turned out to be one of the best films from Slovenia I have ever seen. The movie is not an attempt at excellent directing or acting. All of the technical accepts are very average, but good enough to make you concentrate on the actual plot.
Not that there is a clear-cut plot. The movies is more of a statement, or a description, of differences between good and bad, moral and immoral and different understandings of social norms.
Although the film does deal with LGBT issues, it seems that Maja Weiss is only using this theme to deal with many more issues.
Characters are never developed and I didn't get the feeling that the movie is about them, they simply represent certain aspects of society.
As the film takes place in Slovenia (and Croatia), I would recommend to watch it, since it takes a different approach than "western" movies dealing with these kinds of issues would.