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Guardian of the Frontier / Varuh meje
Series: At the Crossroads: Slovenian Cinema [July 16-22, 2008]
Director: Maja Weiss, Release: 2002, Runtime: 100

Co-production: Slovenia/Germany/France

“Feminism, globalization and the deep-seated tribal passions that ignited the Balkan wars are only three of the pertinent themes touched on by Guardian of the Frontier, which offers a remarkably evenhanded, and disturbing, reflection on the tug of war between modernism and older cultural forces percolating below the glossy facade of contemporary life.” — Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“A trio of stunning students on summer break, bored with partying, decide to take a canoe trip down the river Kolpa. Their pleasure cruise becomes a journey into fear, tinged perhaps with the supernatural, when the young women discover that the woods hide not only the border between Slovenia and Croatia, but also that between the permissible and the forbidden. An erotic and menacing fairy tale as well as a dazzling debut by Maja Weiss, whose eye is equally keen for color and incident, fantasy and politics, and the intimate landscape along the river as it is for contemporary life in her country in tough times.” — New Directors/New Films 2003




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