As in previous films he use a unique narrative structure combinin different stories and during shooting often uses improvisation techniques without the aid of storyboards. Once more he is credited with the script, art direction, and editing. In his previous two film he was also one of the producers.
{mosimage} Personal Baggage looks at different characters from a Slovenian middle class family. Vid is a talented but spoilt young man smothered in the affection of his adoring mother and heedless of his aloof father. His grandfather is a benevolent but self-important patriarch; and his new girlfriend is a creature of voluptuous innocence, wrestling with the torment of a dysfunctional home. These are the central characters in this narrative of strained love and spiraling desire. The characters reveal inexorable issues, or baggage that they have brought with them. Ultimately this baggage becomes a ruinous psychic burden.
Underneath the story there is a motive about Slovenian dark history (post-second world war executions) which is still unrevealed. This motive is slowly yielding up as historical baggage, a subtext that director uses to excruciatingly ironic effect. As director stated: "As film author I don't want to escape before problems in the time and place where I live."
Film use special photography, creating a sepia effect - as if watching old photographs slowly turning pale. The film will have special distributing among Slovenian spectators; it will be shown exclusively in the Slovenian cinematek once a week.
Production Credits:
Personal Baggage (www.triglavfilm.si/osebnaprtljaga)
Production Company: Triglav film (www.triglavfilm.si)
Co-funding: Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si)
Director: Janez Lapajne
Screenwriters: Janez Lapajne, Nejc Gazvoda
Producer: Aiken Veronika Prosenc
Director of Photography: Matej Križnik
Film Editor: Janez Lapajne, Rok Biček
Set Designer: Janez Lapajne
Costume Designer: Elena Fajt
Sound Re-recording Mixer: Boštjan Kačičnik
Sound Recordist: Jože Trtnik
Makeup Artist: Anja Godina
Cast:
Nataša Barbara Gračner
Branko Završan
Tjaša Železnik
Boris Cavazza
Grega Zorc
Nina Rakovec
Klemen Slakonja
Jure Henigman
Špela Rozin
Uroš Fürst
