EUFF 2023: Riders
Spadina Theatre - Alliance Française
24 Spadina Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 2S7, Canada
Ontario
43.6687033
-79.405284
Description
Slovenia | Dominik Mencej | 2022 | 107 min
In Slovenian with English subtitles
Set in the spring of 1999, Dominik Mencej’s magic realist road movie (an homage to Dennis Hopper’s classic Easy Rider) revolves around best friends and biker wannabes Tomaž and Anton. They drive around their village on mopeds and dream of escape. Tomaž has the reputation of a reliable, honest hard worker, while Anton is more rebellious, constantly in trouble. They decide to transform their motorbikes into choppers and take a weekend trip to Ljubljana to visit Anton’s girlfriend. Along the way they pick up a runaway nun and encounter a wise old biker, with whom they unexpectedly travel to the coast and onward to Croatia—perhaps all the way to Međugorje, a mysterious, magical place where miracles are rumoured to happen. By turns amusing, romantic, and offbeat, Riders turns out to be the long, strange trip of a lifetime.
“Adjectives such as promising and auspicious don’t quite cut it: [Riders] feels very much like the arrival of a fully-formed new European talent … Deeply satisfying … One of the most convincing and unsentimental evocations of loving friendship in recent memory.”
Neil Young, Screen International
“A very polished piece of work ... [It] shines thanks to the natural, spontaneous chemistry between the young members of the cast … This is a ride to be taken and felt with both heart and mind.”
Marko Stojiljković, Cineuropa
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Start:
2023-11-24T18:00:00-05:00
End:
2023-11-24T20:00:00-05:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Riders - Advance Reservation
10.0
CAD
75
