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A Call Girl
''Slovenian Girl'' ( sl, Slovenka; released in the United States as ''A Call Girl'') is a 2009 Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Damjan Kozole. It stars Nina Ivanišin as Aleksandra, a 23-year-old Slovenian who leads a double life as a respectable student and a call girl. The film premiered at the 2009 Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina before being released theatrically in more than 30 countries, including the United States. According to Shaz Bennett of ''Moving Pictures (magazine), Moving Pictures'', "the film is ultimately a fascinating study of Free Enterprise, free enterprise in free fall. In this mesmerizing chamber piece, director Damjan Kozole has contrived a new style of narrative to convey a view of capitalist culture at once outrageous and non-judgmental." Premise Set in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2008, during the Slovenian presidency of the European Union, Aleksandra is a 23-year-old English-language student who comes from a small town. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damjan Kozole
Damjan Kozole (born 1964 in Brežice, Slovenia) is a Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the 2003 critically acclaimed ''Spare Parts'' and 2009 worldwide released '' Slovenian Girl'', among others. ''Spare parts'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival; in 2008 ''Sight & Sound'' ranked this film among the ten most important films of the New Europe. In 2012 Kozole received Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival. In his films, "some of the most raffish, funky and even sordid characters discover their own humanity" (Alissa Simon, ''Variety''). For his new film ''Nightlife'' (2016) he won Best director award at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Selected feature films ;''Spare Parts'' (''Rezervni deli'') His 2003 feature film '' Spare Parts'' tells a story of two human traffickers from a small town in Slovenia who transport illegal migrants from Croatia on to the Western Europe, for a heft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
