Stories from the Chestnut Woods
COMPETITION · FEATURE · FICTION
2019 · 82 min · colour · DOLBY SRD · DCP · 1:1,85
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | Marina Gumzi |
| PRODUCTION | Nosorogi |
| CO-PRODUCTION | Transmedia Production, Deutsche Film- Und Fernsehakademie Berlin, RTV Slovenija |
In the midst of chestnut woods lives a stingy carpenter named Mario, manically counting his pennies. On the other side of the river, Martha, the last chestnut woman, is ready to leave the desolate valleys for good in search of a better life across the ocean… A dreamy tale of a crumbling community on the border of Yugoslavia and Italy.
| DIRECTED BY | Gregor Božič |
| WRITTEN BY | Gregor Božič, Marina Gumzi |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Ferran Paredes Rubio |
| MUSIC | Hekla Magnúsdóttir |
| EDITED BY | Gregor Božič, Benjamin Mirguet, Beppe Leonetti |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Giovanna Cirianni |
| COSTUME DESIGN | Katharina Jockwer, Mateja Fajt |
| SOUND DESIGN | Jan Vysocky, Julij Zornik |
| MAKEUP ARTIST | Barbara Morosetti |
| CAMERA | Gregor Božič |
| CAST | Massimo De Francovich (Mario), Ivana Roščić (Marta), Giusi Merli (Dora), Tomi Janežič (Dr. Toni), Anita Kravos (Cecilia), Nataša Keser (Ema), Janez Škof (Silvan), Ivo Barišič (Il Vento), Igor Kovač (Ivan), Janja Majzelj (King), Marko Brecelj (King), Matija Solce (King), Renzo Gariup (Germano – Voice) |
Director’s statement
We wanted to capture on film, as a fairy tale, the spirit of Venetian Slovenia, an area on the border of Italy and Slovenia – a mysterious place carved by centuries of political tensions, poverty, and emigration, as well as a special sensitivity to nature and a vivid imagination.
