Traktor, ljubezen in Rock'n'Roll

"How rock'n'roll arrived into our village."

Aug 11 2008 N/A 1h 45m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Breza, a country boy from a godforsaken Prekmurje village, wishes to perform at the village festivities playing his electric guitar, but is faced with fierce competition in the form of a traditional Roma band entertaining the villagers by playing popular folk music. Nevertheless, his music seems to be the key to the heart of Silvija, a village beauty and the daughter of a wealthy gastarbeiter from Switzerland, who was sent home to find a healthy Slovene husband. However, the story of Breza and Silvija only marks the beginning of the plot whose main character is actually Düplin, an eccentric outsider, a deaf-and-dumb tramp or, as Breza's mother, the old Popovka, a farm owner and a fortune-teller also referred to as Strina, called him "a lad from a citrus producing country".

Plot

Under the pressure of her father, Sylvia leaves Switzerland to go back to her village in Slovenia, in order to find herself a husband. The only record player in the village, and probably the only electric guitar in rural Slovenia of the late sixties,

Written by

Branko Djuric, Feri Lainscek, Miroslav Mandic

Directed by

Branko Djuric

Production Countries

Slovenia, Croatia

Production Companies

Jadran Film, Ata Produkcija d.o.o., Gustav Film

Languages

Bosanski, Slovenšcina

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
543
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA