Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Alex’s mother JELENA (25), a communist activist, is carried away by her grandiose ideals yet is incapable of loving those closest to her. The only person who offers Alex any love and warmth during his childhood is WERNER KRAUS (35), a high-ranking officer of the Wermacht, accommodated in the house of Alex’s family during the German occupation of Yugoslavia.
Alex remembers the story-telling sessions, piano playing, picnics and trips to the movies, all of which were from the time he spent with Werner. Apart from his love towards Alex, Werner is having a secret affair with Jelena at the same time. However, fearful of love, Jelena uses her relationship with him for her work in the resistance movement. Werner loses his rank as a result, and when his family is killed during the Berlin bombing by the Allied forces, he completely withdraws into himself. Alex manages to get close to him. After the war, when Werner realizes the extent to which the child has been neglected, he takes Alex along. The Allied planes attack awithdrawing German military convoy, and Werner gets killed as he throws himself over Alex to protect him.
Since then, intellectually longing to be a part of Werner’s higher culture, Alex becomes a severely love-deficient person, just like his mother. Through the story he tells Romi, Alex experiences catharsis and becomes more humane. As a result, when they finally reach the Social Welfare Center, Alex makes a decision contrary to his initial intention – he decides to adopt Romi.
producer:
TESTAMENT FILMS
Nebojšina 30/2, Beograd
tel: +381 63 234 323
fax: +381 11 32 36 215
svetozarc@testament-films.rs
www.testament-films.rs
world_sales:
SOUL FOOD Distribution
Kralja Milana 4, Beograd
tel: +381 11 26 87 932; +381 11 26 85 614
fax: +381 11 26 87 932; +381 11 26 85 614
milos.milosevic@soulfoodfilms.com,
mogorovic@soulfoodfilms.com
www.soulfoodfilms.com
