Oto
PANORAMA · FEATURE · FICTION
2018 · 110 min · colour · STEREO · DCP · 16:9
Slovenian
PRODUCER | Vasja Rovšnik |
PRODUCTION | RP Video |
This is a film about a mentally disabled village simpleton, who is always ready to be of assistance to anyone who needs it, fixing things around the house or doing other manual jobs. In his humorous encounters with people – some friendly, others openly hostile – Oto frequently finds himself in situations that accentuate the fact that he is different, all the while patiently putting aside the pittance he gets from his “clients”.
DIRECTED BY | Vasja Rovšnik |
WRITTEN BY | Vasja Rovšnik |
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Vasja Rovšnik |
MUSIC | Valter Klemenčič, Vasja Rovšnik, Kevin Macleod |
EDITED BY | Vasja Rovšnik |
PRODUCTION DESIGN | Vasja Rovšnik |
COSTUME DESIGN | Vasja Rovšnik |
SOUND DESIGN | Vasja Rovšnik |
MAKEUP ARTIST | Boštjan Rautar |
SOUND RECORDING | Boris Holc |
CAST | Iztok Horvat (Oto), Jurij Husar (Martin, Traffic Warden), Ludvik Bagari (Ištvan Palčič), Boris Jaušovec (Windischer), Saša Podhostnik (Marina), Samo Tuš (Bus Driver), Borut Stergar (Edvard Munch), Jure Volf (Dolfi), Matic Horvat (Young Oto), Tine Kovič (Bank Clerk) |
Director’s statement
With Oto, I wanted as realistically as possible to depict the misery of a person with a mild mental disability. Although each village in the country has one, we fail to realise the struggle it takes for someone like this, living on the margins of society, to make it through the day.
Monfort Exhibition Space
2.) Panorama