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BarBara Zemljič
SLOvENIA
THE RIGHT TO LOvE
Tel: +386 313 112 89
E-mail: barbara.zemljic@gmail.com
Intention
I strongly believe that considering the current political
situation in Slovenia, it is of utmost importance to
talk about human rights. The Right to Love is a family
melodrama, concerning a wide range of interactions
which go beyond the typical idea of a family.
We could find aesthetic and visual parallels in the Susanne
Bier films Open Your Heart and After the Wedding.
The film addresses the fact that some things
need to be said, especially the things we don’t want to
see or talk about, and the truth has to come out eventually
in order to gain peace of mind and freedom.
At the moment we are hoping for your help with the coproduction
investment and hopefully the exchange of
knowledge and experience on an international scale,
which is an opportunity I would gladly take advantage
of.
Synopsis
Magda, a mother and a wife, is ill. She is aware of the
fact that she only has a few more months to live, and
that her ability to speak will evaporate in just a few
weeks. Therefore she decides to gather her family and
speak about the issue which binds them together.
Her husband Jože is forced to host his homosexual
son Igor with his partner Hans and their adopted
daughter Tončka, whom he did not see or talk to for
several years. Everything starts to make sense when
Magda uses her right to speak, which she is about to
lose, to tell the long buried family secret which makes
undigested past events come to the surface.
The film is about human rights. The right to speak:
What do you say when you’re about to lose your
voice? The right to be different. And last but not least,
the right to love.
PRODUCTION FACTS
A Atalanta
Brana Srdić
Received 70.000 € production help from the Slovenian
Film Centre.
Will be made as micro-budget feature to be shot mid
April 2012.
Two post-production companies attached to the project:
Filmservis and Nuframe.
Looking for a possible co-producer to invest in the film.
“What do you
say when you’re
about to lose your
voice?”
Director Biography
Barbara Zemljič graduated in film and TV
directing from the Academy for Theatre,
Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana
in 2009, and in philosophy from the Faculty
of Arts of the University of Ljubljana
in 2005. She has been working at RTV
Slovenia as a director and screenwriter
since 2005. She has directed 8 documentaries,
written 5 documentary and 6 short
film scripts, as well as directing more than
500 TV shows and many live concerts. In
2010/11 she wrote, staged and directed
TV show Viktorji (Slovenian Oscars) and
in 2011 co-wrote and acted in a supporting
role in the feature film Panem et circenses,
which won an audience award
- Vesna awards for supporting female and
male roles, and for best costumes, at the
Slovenian national film festival.
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