Spare Parts (2003)
"Rezervni deli" (original title)

Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. ... See full summary »

Director:

Damjan Kozole

Writer:

Damjan Kozole

Stars:

Peter Musevski, Aljosa Kovacic, Primoz Petkovsek

11 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Musevski	...	Ludvik
Aljosa Kovacic	...	Rudi (as Aljoa Kovaèiè)
Primoz Petkovsek	...	Rajc (as Petko Petkovek)
Valter Dragan	...	Drago
Aleksandra Balmazovic	...	Angela
Vladimir Vlaskalic	...	Geri (as Vlado Vlakaliè)
Verica Nedeska	...	Ilinka
Zoran Ljutkov	...	Mirce
Petre Arsovski	...	Albanec Hasim
Valentina Gramosli	...	Kurdinja z otrokom
Jona Sara Andraschke	...	Kurdinjin otrok
Tarek Rashid	...	Kurd
Nebojsa Praljak	...	Begunec
Neda Bric	...	Natakarica (as Neda R. Bric)
Matija Vastl	...	Marcelo

Storyline

Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every night convey "spare parts" to Italy. Of course the story of their illegitimate exports into Europe ends tragically, for everyone. The whole idea of this account is that everyone - including ourselves - is looking for happiness: the "spare parts" because of the misery they are plunged into without, and our characters because they can't find it inside.

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Plot Keywords:

italy | slovenia | croatia | widower | refugee | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Slovenia

Language:

Slovenian Serbo-Croatian English

Release Date:

5 February 2003 (Slovenia)

Also Known As:

Spare Parts

Filming Locations:

Krsko, Slovenia

Company Credits

Production Co:

E-motion Film, RTV Slovenija

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 87 min 87 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Slovenian Film That Doesn't Deliver

I was intrigued seeing this movie available at my local library. I have visited the country of Slovenia and wanted to see what sort of films came from the small but lovely country. With 'Spare Parts' I was quite disappointed.

The story is a look at two Slovenians who smuggle immigrants from Croatia into Italy. I respect the filmmakers approach of examining the film from a purely middle unbiased stance. There's no attempt to sway the viewer's outlook on this is bad and this is good, but with that approach I also had some personal difficulties. The two lead characters were wrong. They were taking advantage of immigrants for economic and personal gain. I understand the plot was based of actual events in Slovenia, but still I was unable to truly connect to the characters.

Another reason I was disappointed was a lack of character development. I felt that Rudi's character was not development enough. Why is such a young person deciding this lifestyle? What events brought him to such an extreme profession? With Ludvik at least the film touched about his reasons and motivations (widowed, cancer victim).

All in all the film just did not grab me. Despite the filmmakers best efforts of having some good moments in cinematography and directing, I just felt the film was blasé. And it was certainly one of the slower 84 minute films I have ever seen.

4 out of 10 stars.