Antonia’s Line, a woman’s family chronicle

Sodelujejo/ participants: Els Dottermans, Marcel Štefančič Jr. & dr. Neva Šlibar 
Moderator: Uršula Cetinski

The film Antonia’s Line, by Dutch director Marleen Gorris, which will be premiered in Slovenia during the City of Women, is definitely a contribution to the cinema of the ‘90s deserving of a special presentation. The story, based on the director’s outstanding

screenplay, inverts traditional, patrilineal family chronicles. The director/writer introduces just a slight twist, which dramatically alters the flow of the narrative: it follows a family matrilineally.

At the same time, ‘Antonia’s Line’ belongs among those rare and precious films in which women are really themselves and not merely images of stereotypical ideas about them. The author subtly mixes different periods and narrative perspectives; Dr. Neva Šlibar will be discussing this aspect of the film. By winning an Oscar for best foreign film, this funny and witty film, which embodies the director’s feminist principles and beliefs, found itself in the context of Hollywood. Marcel Štefančič Jr. will tell us more about that.

It will be a great honour to welcome the Belgian actress, Els Dottermans, who will also take part in the discussion. She has given some outstanding performances in the theatre and on film, including that of Antonia’s daughter, Danielle.

In collaboration with: Cankarjev dom