Feature film
A Summer in a Seashell
Poletje v školjki
Tugo Štiglic · 1986
Synopsis
Tomaž, twelve years old, spends his last summer as a child by the sea. With his gang, he is at war with the children of the neighbouring villages, until the day someone steals the shells of their friend Luka, an old fisherman: the rival gangs then join forces and, thanks to Vedi, Tomaž's computer, set off on the thief's trail. The same summer, the boy falls in love with Milena, and the shell in which one hears the sea will keep for him the memory of his first love and of his holiday friends.
Context
The screenplay is by Vitan Mal and the director; Rado Likon is credited with the photography, Marjan Richter with the underwater shooting, Jani Golob with the music, and Milan Jesih wrote the words of the song. David Sluga plays Tomaž, Kaja Štiglic, the filmmaker's daughter, plays Milena, and Boris Kralj plays old Luka. The first feature film by its director, it brought popular music and dance into Slovenian cinema for young people and, for the first time, set the action on the coast. More than a hundred thousand spectators saw it in cinemas; dubbed into German, it had a sequel two years later, shot in Ljubljana.
Who it is for
An hour and a half of holiday adventures, music and first love, for children and their parents alike.
Prizes and reception
Grand Prize at Giffoni in 1986, then at Saint-Malo and at Szeged; audience award at Celje the same year.
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