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Gravehopping (2005)
Director: Jan Cvitkovik
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From Time Out London
In rural Slovenia, hangdog Bakovic is a professional funeral orator whose waywardly metaphysical speeches sometimes sail right over the heads of his audience. What with his widowed father’s suicide attempts, a frustrated love-life and a best mate who’s just attached chariot-style blades to the wheels of his Cinquecento, he has a lot on his mind – as indeed does this deceptively whimsical affair. Just when it seems it’s settled for a catalogue of quirkiness, Cvitkovic’s film reveals the dark impulses so close to the surface of normality. A resonant, oblique, cumulatively haunting statement from a region scarred by conflict.Author: TJ
Time Out London Issue 1836: October 26-November 2 2005
Cast & crew
Director: Jan Cvitkovik
Cast: Gregor Bakovic, Drago Milanovic, Sonja Savic full cast
Duration: 103 mins
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