The story follows a mother who takes her self-destructive daughter to a deserted Italian village and locks her in a house in the middle of nowhere. Inspired by the writings of Marcel Proust, the film is not so much a study of a relationship between mother and daughter as it is a miraculous spiritual adventure of two human souls. Nataša Tič Ralijan are Vida Rucli play the main characters.

Mother was produced by Frenk Celarc through Slovenia’s Gustav film in coproduction with Igor Prinčič through Italia’s Transmedia, Arch Production and SCCA/Pro.Ba from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The production team was also joined by Amra Bakšić Čamo and Boris Perić as Bosnian associate producers.

The budget is 774,000 EUR with a share of 72.53% provided by Slovenian and 27.47% by Italian production companies, executive producer Petra Vidmar from Gustav film told FNE. The film was supported by the Slovenian Film Center (with 390,000 EUR), Eurimages (110,000 EUR), MIBAC (84,000 EUR), Studio Viba Film (91,263 EUR), Fondo Regionale per l'Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia (48,000 EUR), FVG Film Commission (18,000 EUR) and Italian TAX office credit.

The film will have a week of pre-release screenings in a limited number of cinema theaters in Slovenia with the regular cinema release planned for the Autumn of 2016. Art Kino Mreža is the Slovenian distributor.

Production Information:
Gustav film
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1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 590 31 995
Fax: +386 590 31 996
www.gustavfilm.si
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Credits:
Director: Vlado Škafar
Screenwriter: Vlado Škafar
DoP: Marko Brdar
Editors: Jelena Maksimović, Vlado Škafar
Production Designer: Niko Novak
Music: Karen Dalton, Vladimir Godar
Sound Designer: Julij Zornik
Cast: Nataša Tič Ralijan, Vida Rucli, Gabriella Ferrari, Pierluigi Di Piazza