DELO OSVOBAJA / LABOUR EQUALS FREEDOM
DIRECTOR: DAMJAN KOZOLE
SLOVENIA 2005
71 MIN / 35MM, COLOR, OV w. engl. ST

Caligari: 07.04. / 6.00 pm
Alpha: 08.04. / 2.00 pm

DIRECTOR:
Damjan Kozole

SCREENPLAY:
Damjan Kozole

CAMERA:
Ales Belak

ART DIRECTOR:
Ursa Loboda

EDITOR:
Jure Moskon

MUSIC:
Igor Leonardi

PRODUCER:
Danijel Hocevar

CAST:
Peter Musevski
Natasa Barbara Gracner
Marjuta Slamic
Primoz Petkovsek
Manca Dorrei

PRODUCTION:
Emotionfilm, Ljubljana
Tel.: 00386 - 01 / 430 35 31
Fax: 00386 - 01 / 430 35 30
e-mail: info@emotionfilm.si

TV Slovenia, Ljubljana

PROVIDED BY:
Slovenian Film Fund, Ljubljana
Tel.: 00386 - 1 / 234 32 00
Fax: 00386 - 1 / 234 32 18
e-mail: info@film-sklad.si

The latest film from Damjan Kozole, who established an international reputation with REZERVNI DELI / SPARE PARTS, tells the story of forty-something Peter who loses his job as an engineer when his factory shuts down. At first the situation seems manageable: His wife earns a good wage and can feed the family. Peter pays regular visits to the labour exchange and pursues various new possibilities – but in vain. As his self-confidence and self-esteem gradually diminish, he starts to mistrust his wife. The marriage deteriorates – and Vera has, in fact, started seeing a colleague clearly superior to Peter in terms both of social status and looks. When Vera readily consents to Peter’s offer of a divorce – made on an impulse because he feels so hurt – he is left alone. His daughter moves out with his wife. Unable to cope with the double blow, he sees no point in staying alive, and tries to hang himself. By chance he is discovered by a neighbour and survives. And then the tragi-comedy takes a surprising turn: Peter is given a chance to prove himself. His display of courage is rewarded with a new job, and slowly his self-confidence begins to return. Through an advertisement he even meets a young woman who seems to like him...

DAMJAN KOZOLE
Born on 1.6.1964 in Brezice, Slovenia.
Damjan Kozole made his feature debut at the age of 22 with USODNI TELEFON, one of the first independent films made in former Yugoslavia. His international successful feature film REZERVNI DELI premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2003; goEast 2003 presented it as part of the closing night. DELO OSVOBAJA, originally planned as a TV feature, is his sixth feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION):
1987 Usodni telefon / The Fatal Telephone
1988 Remington
1997 Stereotip / Stereotype
2000 Porno Film / Porn Film
2003 Reservni deli / Spare Parts
2005 Delo osvobaja / Labour Equals Freedom