There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People (2013)

0.0/10 • 78 min • Documentary

Overview

From 1977 to 1991 an image of Slovenia as a green, demilitarised and peaceful country of diligent people reigned in Yugoslavia, a country where differences are not only allowed, but also desired. This period ends with a ten-day war, when the identity turns from peacefulness, modesty and diligence into courage and a fighting spirit. The film documents the changes in Slovenia and its inhabitants, which have in recent years brought us to a completely different understanding of national identity, different from the one which was true in Slovenia as well as abroad twenty years ago.

Cast

Janez Hočevar

Himself

Slavoj Žižek

Himself (archive footage)

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