That Beautiful Day
Tistega lepega dne, 1962, fiction, Digital DCP (2021), 83 min
YU (SI)
Finished
The story is set in a Slovene village which was part of Italy between the two wars. All the inhabitants of the village are Slovenes, except for the Italians among the representatives of the fascist government. A shame to the village are three brothers who have joined the fascists. The villagers, however, keep them under control and ridicule them. The protagonist of the central comic plot is Štefuc, twice widower, married, in turn, to two sisters - each left him two little daughters - who is determined to marry Zana, the third sister. But the girl has been promised to another suitor and there is no time to wait, because she is expecting a baby. Hedvika who is said to work in Milano as house-…
In 1948 the director France Štiglic (1919–93) shot On Our Own Land, the first Slovenian live-action feature after World War II. With this full-length debut he qualified among the candidates for the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1949. He then returned to Cannes twice more: in 1957 with The Valley of Peace and in 1960 with his film The Ninth Circle. Both times he was nominated for the Golden Palm. In 1961 The Ninth Circle also qualified, as the Yugoslav candidate, among the finalists …