Magnifico is one of Slovenia’s internationally most renowned and characteristic musician including the collective Laibach and Slavko Avsenik. Charlatan Magnifique is funny mix of great music, spontaneous and comic situations, and also comments of Magnifico and main characters in his life and career. It is a portrait of Slovenian musician with Serbian roots and worldwide fame. But most of all a portrait of a unique person …
Robert Pešut, working and creating under the pseudonym Magnifico, is an accomplished artist, known for his musicianship and hits, building on well thought but simple lyrics full of self-irony and humour. His music enchants the public and most importantly helps overcoming taboos and prejudices.
The movie draws out Magnifico’s rich, colourful and successful career, which started in the late 80’s. During his solo career he recorded many hits such as 24000 baci, Kdo je čefur, Halo, gospodična, Silvija and many more, the song Hir Aj Kam Hir Aj Go brought him international success and a music deal with the multinational record label Sony, his soundtrack for the movie Montevideo, Bog te video gained hymnal praise in Serbia.
| Producer: |
Danijel Vrbec |
| Director: |
Maja Pavlin |
| Camera: |
Sašo Grmek
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| Editing: |
Maja Pavlin, Andrej Modic
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| Director of photography: |
Aleš Živec |
| Others: |
Post-production: Andrej Modic
Sound processing: Marjan Drobnič
Graphic design: Igor Nardin
Responsible editor of UPE RP: Mario Galunič |
Maja Pavlin. Born in 1973 in Ljubljana. Since 1999 she’s a regular freelancer at the Slovenian National Television as a journalist, screenwriter, director, and editor of music and documentary films. The majority of her work is part of the editorial department for Entertainment program at the Slovenian National Television. Since 1999 until 2004 – co-created music show named SATURDAY FEVER on TV SLO as a TV host, journalist and music news editor. In 2005 she created a music news weekly broadcast named ARRHYTHMIA – the only infotainment dedicated to alternative music on TV SLO. She is still in charge of it as an editor, director, and screenwriter. As an editor of music show, she also realized approx. 50 studio and terrain concerts of multi genre Slovenian bands and musicians.
