Guardian of the Frontier

VARUH MEJE

Slovenia, Germany, France

Synopsis

For their summer holidays, three students—Alja, Zana and Simona-- decide to take a canoe trip down the Kolpa river, the river which divides Slovenia from Croatia. They are unaware that they are being watched by the Guardian of the Frontier, a conservative local politician, the self-styled defender of traditional Slovenian values, who is quite possibly prepared to kill those who transgress.
As the girls float deeper into die woods, cracks develop in the three girls' relationship. Is there more than friendship between Alja and Zana? Does Simona harbour a secret sympathy for the Guardian and what he stands for?
With nowhere to turn, the three girls must decide: what is a border worth crossing and what is just an imaginary line?

Nominations & Awards

  • European Discovery of the Year - Fassbinder Award  2002

Cast & Crew

  • Directed by: Maja Weiss
  • Written by: Brock Norman Brock, Zoran Hocevar, Maja Weiss
  • Cinematography: Bojan Kastelic
  • Editing: Peter Braatz
  • Original Score: Stewart Dunlop
  • Sound Design: Hanna Preuss, Harry Rag
  • Production Design: Pepi Sekulic
  • Costume Design: Zvonka Makuc
  • Make-Up Artist: Aljana Hajdinjak
  • Produced by: Ida Weiss
  • Cast: Iva Krajnc, Pia Zemljic, Tanja Potocnik, Jonas Žnidarsic, Igor Korsic, Gorazd Zilavec

Director's Statement

Guardian of the Frontier is something strange. It is a film of adventure and fantasy. It is a cinematical musical visual fairy tale about love and politics. About women and men. And about the borders.
The story is based on personal experience, but only up to a certain point. And then was the border.
It took me 6 years to overcome all the borders to family make this film.

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