Synopsis

Marko, husband and father of two toddlers, has lost his job. Still, he makes every possible effort to still support his family. He tries to find a new job, regularly donates blood and bends over backwards to humour his wife Sonja and the children. But even the bare necessities are missing: electricity has been cut off, the flat is bitterly cold and there is almost no food left. When the kids are even refused kindergarten and the family is thrown out of their apartment, the situation escalates. The only thing that gives Marko a little bit of hope are the people of the labour movement. Is there an escape out if this hell, which has been based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno of The Divine Comedy? In sombre pictures, Vinko Möderndorfer’s shocking social drama shows the hard struggle for justice of a small family. The everyday fight for survival is unsettling, thought-provoking and demands steady nerves from the viewers as well.  Möderndorfer sees Marko as a representative for millions of people who wake up every day with a feeling of helplessness. Inferno illustrates the rage of a whole generation about the injustice which the world depression has brought with itself, and thus proves itself as an unsparing criticism of capitalism.

Guests

Vinko Möderndorfer

Vinko Moderndorfer
Director, writer Inferno
In Vienna: October 8-12

Eva Rohrman

Eva Rohrman  
Producer Inferno 
In Vienna: October 8-12