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 ROOSTER’S
BREAKFAST
(Petelinji Zajtrk)
Slovenia, feature, 2007; 125 min
In Slovenian with English sub-titles
Director/Screenwriter: Marko
Nabers˙nik
Producer: Franci Zajc
Production Companies: Arsmedia, RTV Slovenia
Camera: Valentin Perko
Editor: Janez Bricelj
Music: Sas˙a Los˙ic´
Cast: Vlado Novak, Primoz˙ Bezjak, Pia Zemljic´
Synopsis
Recently laid-off Djuro is grateful that his former boss
has arranged an apprenticeship for him in a rural garage,
where he is well received by his new employer Gajas. At first
the small town looks like a
picture-perfect place of tranquility and easy-going life — until Djuro
meets local beauty Bronja, wife of the small-time mobster
Lepec. Soon Djuro discovers that provincial life isn’t nearly as tranquil
as he first thought.
Rooster’s Breakfast is packed with colorful, eccentric characters and
subplots. Central among them is garage owner Gajas who is obsessed with
pop-singer Severina. Coupled with the blossoming love affair between Djuro
and Bronja, this obsession leads to a series of tragi-comic incidents. Winner
of national awards for best director, best screenplay and best actor, Rooster’s
Breakfast became the most commercially successful Slovenian
film of all time.
Awards
Slovenian Academy Award ‘Viktor’ for Special Achievements, 2008
Awards for ‘Best Script’, ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best
Actress’ and ‘Audience Award for Best Film’ at Festival of Slovenian
Film, Portoroz˙, 2007
Festivals:
2008 Retrospective of Slovenian Film, Brussels
2008 ‘Picture Europe’, Madrid
2008 Film Fest Munich
2008 Retrospective of Slovenian Film, New York
2008 Moveast International Film Festival Pécs
2008 Warsaw Film Festival
2008 Winter Festival of Eastern European Films, Edinburgh
2008 European Union Film Showcase, AFI, Washington D.C.
Director Marko Nabers˙nik
Marko Nabers˙nik was born in Maribor in 1973. He attended the New York Film
Academy in 1996, and in 2002 graduated from the Ljubljana Academy for Theatre,
Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) where he now works as assistant professor.
Since 1999 Nabers˙nik has also worked for the Slovenian National Television,
directing musical and documentary programs, talk shows and programs for children.
Rooster's Breakfast is his first full-length feature film.
Filmography:
SEEKING LOST LOVE (Iskanje izgubljene ljubezni,
2005)
THE EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENCE (Izkus˙nja razlike,
2004)
SOULMATES (Sorodne dus˙e, 2001)
PAVLE (2001)
WITH LOVE (Z ljubeznijo, 2000)
THE TENTH PLANET (Deseti planet, 1999)
THE BEGINNING (1996)
DVD Source:
ARSMEDIA
Stegne 5
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
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