STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS

ZGODBE IZ KOSTANJEVIH GOZDOV

By Gregor BOŽIČ

CERCAMON - as SALES All rights, World

First film - Completed 2019

In a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past as they weigh fateful decisions for the future, in this touching homage to a lost way of life.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Discovery
Sao Paolo International Film Festival 2019
New Directors Competition
Goa International Film Festival 2019
International Competition
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019
First Feature Competition
Film Fest Gent 2020
Official Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama, Environmental
    • Countries
    • SLOVENIA, ITALY
    • Languages
    • SLOVENIAN, ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gregor BOŽIČ
    • Writer(s)
    • Marina GUMZI, Gregor BOŽIČ, Giuseppe LEONETTI
    • Producer(s)
    • Marina GUMZI (NOSOROGI), Igor PRINCIC (TRANSMEDIA)
    • Synopsis
    • Once upon a time, somewhere in a far-off land, lived an elderly husband and wife. The old woman fell sick and died, and the old man, a stingy carpenter, found himself alone. Pondering the life he had lived, he met a young woman, a chestnut seller who desperately wanted to leave home and find a better life overseas. Surrounded by nothing but the rudimentary nature these lonely souls share fond memories as well as contemplation of their futures. Should they remain haunted by a life that was, or does another path call, joining countless others on the rickety cart to a life unknown?