UPSIDE DOWN (Original Title: PREVRTENO)
Colour, 35 mm
Macedonia, Croatia; 2007, 105 min
Hideous corners of the city, scenes without a trace of sophistication, depressing enclosed spaces – this is the setting chosen for the desperate life drama of young Jan Ludvik. Its individual chapters are recalled as retrospectives by Jan himself as he travels in a train hurtling through the darkening landscape, in the company of a random female passenger whose miserable exterior renders her the embodiment of the bleakest of destinies. Jan was a gifted student and, by some strange quirk of fate, also a talented circus artist, but the world in which he lives drives him only to self-destructive actions.
Upside Down presents a modernised version of the film expressionism of the past; in this case, the wasted life of an individual forms a parallel to the disintegration engulfing society as a whole, a society which lacks spiritual horizons.
Director: |
Igor Ivanov |
Screenplay: |
Venko Andonovski, Igor Ivanov |
Cinematographer: |
Tomi Salkovski |
Music: |
Zoran Spasovski |
Art Director: |
Igor Toshevski |
Editor: |
Igor Andreevski |
Costume Designer: Producer: |
Blanka Budak Vladimir Anastasov, Igor A. Nola |
Production: |
Sektor Film |
Cast: |
Milan Tociniovski, Sanja Trajkovic, Slavisha Kajevski, Nikola Ristanoski, Jordan Simonov, Ines Bojanic, Gjorgi Jolevski, Marija Kondovska |
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