Idle Running (1999)

Kino International

Daughters of the Dust

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Daughters of the Dust." A film that portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Winner of Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.

Release Date: Jan 1, 1999

Running Time: 91 mins. (V)

Additional Notes: dialogue Slovenia

Country Of Origin: Slovenia

starring: Jan Cvitkovic, Natasa Burger, Janez Rus, Mojca Fatur, Polona Lovsin, Drago Milinovic, Matjaz Javsnik, Ksenija Jambrosic, Branco Hostnik

director: Janez Burger

Dizi is a veteran college student who seemingly has majored in laziness and idling. Nothing seems to shake him into action, not even his relationship with his girlfriend Marina. It's not until he gets a new roomate, Marko, who is deeply in love with his pregnant girlfriend, that he sees that life is to be lived and that he must make active decisions before life passes him by.

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