This is the documentary about one of the most prolific Slovenian writer.
In the focus of the story is the essence of Feri Lainšček’s creativity. It’s marked by his devotion to love, Pannonian landscape with Mura river and the close relations and friendship with Roma people that live there in their communities. All these lead to the interweaving of magic with the real world and constantly and persistently searching the answers to basic questions of existence.
Parts of the film are excerpts from the writer’s daily life connected with the writing poems about the demons. As Feri ask himself: where did the demons go and who touches that hot nudity? In this fantasy world the magic creatures of the night take the leading roles, as well as the fatal roulette and the loneliness of the writer.
The other parts of the film shows real life – like meetings with friends, daily life in his home garden, visiting the Roma community, fishing on the Mura river, walking along the large Pannonian fields, bringing back memories on his childhood.
The concert with the song writer and singer Ditka shows Feri’s intense cooperation with the young musician. Ditka performs the song Demons…which raise questions: are the demons defeated or the roulette turns on and on to provide creation of new art works…?
The documentary is the result of the strong creative team (scriptwriter Cvetka Bevc, director Primož Meško, DOP Andrej Lupinc).
Producer: |
RTV Slovenija |
Director: |
Primož Meško |
Script: |
Cvetka Bevc |
Camera: |
Cvetka Bevc
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Editing: |
Sabina Černe
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Director of photography: |
Andrej Lupinc, ZFS |
Others: |
Steadicam: Simon Neuvirt
Drone footage: Denis del Bianchi
Recording with a remote-controlled camera: Samo Podobnik
Musical equipment: Cvetka Bevc
Master of sound processing: Tom Lemajič, Marjan Drobnič |
Primož Meško (1968, Celje) graduated from AGRFT in Ljubljana in film and television directing. During his studies, he worked as an assistant director on several feature films in various productions, and after his studies he worked as a freelance director and screenwriter, mostly on TV Slovenija. There, since 1998, he has designed and produced a good number of studio shows (Modro, Volja najde pot, Vem – veš, Labirint, Globus, Special offer...), and at the same time created quite a few medium-length documentaries or documentary-fiction films.
Selected filmography:
– Joy of love, 2018
– Romantic at heart, conductor and pianist Igor Švara, 2017
– Krištof Zupet – painter, documentary film, 2016
– Kosovo removal, documentary film, 2010
– ŠOA The weight of silence, documentary film, 2008
– Goodbye Knapi, documentary film, 2003