Rudar
The Miner
Directed by
2017
The year is 2007. Mehmedalija Alić comes from Bosnia and is a miner, a Bosnian immigrant, as they call him here. He has been working at Slovenian mines for 30 years, most recently in extremely dangerous conditions, risking his life. There is a crisis and mines are being closed down. Alić is sent to an old mine shaft to report if there is anything inside. What he finds will shock all of Slovenia. A fiction film about one miner’s persistence in digging out the truth and striving for social justice. A story based on real events. (Festival information)
The Miner is a multilayered story with great historic relevance. The script is well-developed and through its dramatic moments allows the viewer to identify deeply with the hero. It thrusts a strong take-away message at the audience that sometimes the right thing to do is to go against what is accepted; sometimes the right thing to do is to disobey.