Synopsis

Late at night in Ljubljana. On the sidewalk next to a main road lies a naked, motionless man with bite marks and blood all over his body. Just in time, three passersby call an ambulance and save the man from imminent death. As it turns out, the victim is Milan Potokar, a lawyer of high renown and prestige in the city. Despite his almost having died, his wife Lea is strangely less concerned about her husband’s health or even what has happened to him, than she is about his reputation. She worries that the gruesome crime against her husband could create a public stir. And thus she soon acts beyond conventional ideas of reason and morality herself. Excelling even without much dialogue, Nightlife approaches its viewers like a ticking time bomb and puts them under its spell. The thriller, which is based on actual events, portrays several of the strains and disruptions that society faces in the 21^st century: the fear of being exposed in modern media, the perverted striving for self-image before nameless digital audiences and not least, the desperate defence of one’s personal integrity. “What is worse: being torn apart by dogs or by human beings?” With Nightlife, a film of great intensity and suspense, Director Damjan Kozole delivers an answer which cannot possibly be misunderstood.

Guests

Damjan Kozole

Damjan Kozole

Director Nightlife and Borders

In Vienna: March 23-26