Funeral Feast (1969) Sedmina

Director: Matjaz Klopcic
Writers: Matjaz Klopcic, Beno Zupancic (novel)
Stars: Rade Serbedzija, Snezana Niksic, Milena Dravic

The first days of war in Ljubljana. The young hero Niko experiences the bloody and violent transition from childhood to manhood. Based on the novel by Beno Zupancic.

Funeral Feast, the film with the unforgettable masterfully-edited seven-minute shoot-out in the Tivoli park, takes place in the spring of 1941, when the war engulfs the lives of the Ljubljana youth as well. The affairs of the heart result in a liaison with an enemy officer, while the rebellion leads to organized resistance.

Like in the majority of Slovenian films, in Funeral Feast the actors from the other former Yugoslav republics were overdubbed by Slovenian actors: Boris Juh lent his voice to Rade Šerbedžija, Mojca Ribič to Snežana Nikšić, and Štefka Drolc to Milena Dravić.

At the 16th Festival of Yugoslav Film (Pula 1969), Matjaž Klopčič’s Funeral Feast received a special acknowledgement for “original direction”. Two other awards were given at the time: to Živojin Pavlović’s film The Ambush for “brave direction”, and to Želimir Žilnik’s feature Early Works for “personal direction”.

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