Rezervni deli (2003)

Director:

Damjan Kozole

Writer:

Damjan Kozole (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 2003 (Slovenia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia...

Plot Keywords:

Drinking | Nudity | Human Trafficing | Slovenian | Woods

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Peter Musevski	...	Ludvik
Aljosa Kovacic	...	Rudi (as Aljoša Kovaèiè)
Primoz Petkovsek	...	Rajc (as Petko Petkovšek)
Valter Dragan	...	Drago
Aleksandra Balmazovic	...	Angela
Vladimir Vlaskalic	...	Geri (as Vlado Vlaškaliè)
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 Vasti	...	Marcelo

Also Known As:

Spare Parts (International: English title)

Runtime:

Slovenia:87 min (original version) | Germany:87 min (Berlin Film Festival)

Country:

Slovenia

Language:

Slovenian | Serbo-Croatian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Krsko, Slovenia

Company:

E-motion Film

Worth watching

Spare Parts is a thoughtful, dramatic and very watchable movie about the smuggling of refugees, some of whom may be sold for their organs, hence the title. The main characters are the embittered smuggler and his young sidekick, who has moral objections to how they run the business. The conflict between them produces some of the best scenes of the film.

I thought the film had good production values, the kind of dialog I would expect from modern Slovenians, and a comic moment or two that kept it from being too serious. It's certainly better than most of the predictably weepy dramas coming out of Hollywood, and it has an aspect of social commentary that's welcome in a serious film.