Jan Bučar

Young partisan resistance fighter commander Franc Sever Franta faces an impossible task when he has to rescue 500 freedom fighters surrounded and outnumbered by a Nazi German division high in the mountains in harsh winter condition.

Tragedy doesn’t come any more Dickensian in tone or Shakespearian in scope than this dark social drama of the disintegration of a little family of four. A series of small debts triggers the swift domino effect that unleashes chaos on a well-meaning working class dad who has the bad judgment to speak truth to power.

To relieve the memories from their childhood and catch up after many years of estrangement, two half-brothers go on a road trip to see the places where their father used to take them. The journey begins with joy, youthful cheerfulness and contentment. But soon after, sibling rivalry, jealousy and old grudges come to the surface.

Through the fate of the children who are born, grow up and mature in difficult living and social circumstances, Longing talks about chidlren's rights and problems that must be solved by the youngest members of our society.

The two competing wine-grower families, Dolinar and Rozman hate each other. Ivan Dolinar is convinced that Stane Rozman has betrayed him and caused a death of his wife Maria. Until the real dark truth comes out, their children who fall in love with each other will have to overcome the family hatred.