The filmmaker returns home to a place bordering the bilingual region of Lower Carinthia to talk to the people there about their “great son” Peter Handke. His search unearths the many unresolved contradictions and ambivalences of a small place where there is repression of the Slovenian-speaking past. As a result, the film about Handke’s birthplace becomes an exploration of literature, politics and life in the province.

World premiere: Diagonale. Festival des österreichischen Films 2012 (Graz, Austria)

Trailer

Awards

2012

Diagonale. Festival des österreichischen Films (Graz, Austria)

Audience Award

Festivals

2013

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (Saarbrücken, Germany)

2012
Diagonale. Festival des österreichischen Films (Graz, Austria)
Internationale Hofer Filmtage (Hof, Germany)
Cine Club des österreichischen Kulturforums London (London, UK)

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