King (Uliks Fehmiu), a former box champion, is now a dangerous and capricious bar owner of around 40 years, living in the decayed industrial town of Bor. King is a women's man who claims for himself to love no one. Unlike the men around him, he drives a motorbike and keeps in shape. 

When he meets 16-year-old Rosa (Hana Semlinovic), he falls in love for the first time in his life. But rebellious Rosa is also the daughter of his former lover Ruzica (Jasna Djuricic), who just recently was released from prison. While Ruzica tries to change her life, King runs from town with her daughter. When they return, a secret will be revealed, that will destroy them. 

Funded by Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and Eurimages.

FESTIVALS (selection)

• World Premiere at the Festival del Film Locarno 2010, International Competition, Silver Leopard for Jasna Duric as best main actress; CICAE Prix Art & Essai
• Filmfestival Cottbus 2010, Main prize
• Mar del Plata Festival 2010, 1st Special Mention
• Le Festival International du Film de Pau 2010, Prize for Hana Selimovic as best actress
• Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs 2010, Prize for Jasna Durič as best actress
• 27. Festroia International Film Festival of Setúbal 2011, Silver Dolphin for the Best Director
• Tribeca Film Festival 2011
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2011
• Sofia International Film Festival 2011
• Busan International Film Festival 2010
• Helsinki Film Festival Love & Anarchy 2011
• Thessaloniki International Filmfestival 2010
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal 2011

PRESS

The best moments of the film are offside the impressive visuals of the "biggest hole in european history", the former copper mine of the continent - they are owned by the incredible actors, who bring about a feeling of Cinema Verité. (negativ-film.de)

A classical Greek tragedy packed into Balkan Film. It is precisely this classical quality that provides the enormous strength, that juries in Locarno, Cottbus and Mar del Plata recognized. (cineuropa.org)