Igor Šterk - Ekspres, Ekspres (1996)

[Qmarcbacsi]

Beautiful film, one of my favourites! And now I know where the scenes were taken: the station on which the man dances: Kanfanar, Croatia, the Divača-Pula line. The station, on which the girl walks and there is a hill with a church in the background, is Prvačina, line Nova Gorica-Sežana, in Slovenia. :)

[fokrobot]

YES !! ..today I had the chance to actually see this great piece of Slovenian Cinema by director Igor(ja) Šterk(a) :

"Ekspres, Ekspres" aka "Gone with the Train" (1996) is a naïve but mesmerizing masterpiece imho, ..an ode to 'love' and to the (rail)'roadmovie' genre, with brilliant casting and plenty of subtle humour in a story with few words, ..less is more : a 'must see' for the filmfreaks !!!

thanks simonettavespucci, this was a great teaser.

[simonettavespucci]

@fokrobot Thanks for the appreciation, fokrobot. A reviewer over at IMDB once wrote that "this film has soul, and this is very rare." I agree with that, as well as with most of your statements - except for that bit about the filmfreaks. ;-)

Actually I consider the whole film pretty compatible with a bigger audience if it got any promotion. Or at least just a broadcast at TV.

As far as I know, the film started the careers for both main actors (hey, at least in Slovenia!).

[fokrobot]

How ùtter brilliant !! ..this truly must be my favourite film (before even seeing it).

the money was a real climax :

3 times 5 stars and thanX for this great up'n'share, plus the lesson w/ background info !!!

[Qmarcbacsi]

Beautiful film! I have just got the DVD from Slovenia today! :)

[eclipsedeyes]

do you have this on dvd? I've been looking for a copy for years.

[simonettavespucci]

Yes, but unfortunately the DVD is only available in Slovenia and has obviously no distribution in the West.

[banahawsun8]

Viva Vivaldi!

[banahawsun8]

thanks!