Slovenian Director Dominik Mencej Readies ‘Aberrant Bride’
variety.comMarta Balaga Slovenian director Dominik Mencej will put the motorbikes aside after his 90s-set road movie “Riders,” focusing on a female protagonist next.
Once again set in the past, his new project “Aberrant Bride” will revolve around an “imported” young wife from Croatia, coming into a new environment and a new family, led by her husband’s domineering mother.“It’s similar but different,” says Mencej.“There is no open road, just a forest next to the house, but it’s also about this sense of belonging.
I guess I can’t figure out how to tell a story with cellphones and social media. I don’t know how to make a perfect film for this era.
At least not yet.”But the present still can be felt in his Sarajevo title “Riders,” produced by Staragara, Antitalent, Novi Film, Transmedia Production, Sense Production and Nu Frame. “A comment about the past can turn into a comment about what we are experiencing today.
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