DIZZY, a veteran student is enjoying his routine life in a student campus room: boozing, snoozing, watching TV. His well-being largely depends on EVICA, who seems to be in love with him, but Dizzy fails to notice it. One day a new room-mate arrives, the FRESHMAN Marko, who stirs Dizzy's lazy daily routine.
The freshman struggles to adjust to Dizzy's unrestrained lifestyle. Dizzy phones his girlfriend MARINA to spend a weekend together, but she doesn't come. Meanwhile, the freshman brings his girlfriend ANA, who happens to be pregnant. After another wild party in the campus Marina arrives a week later only to tell Dizzy she is leaving him.
Dizzy is gradually getting closer to Marko and Ana who are looking for a place to live but with no success. During a joint picnic Ana's finds herself in labour. This finally makes Dizzy make a decisive move in his life.
IDLE RUNNING IS A BITTER COMIC DRAMA OF STUDENT LIFE.
"Dizzy, the hero of this film, is stranded halfway to his adulthood. That is demonstrated by his symptomatic lack of initiative, alienation, decadence and cynicism which he uses to justify his status quo in life. Is it possible for this state of mind to generate a serene, true or at least normal interpersonal relationship? How to find a valid objective, at least a temporary one, to move from total inertia? What is a positive attitude? How to conquer the fear of living and to open up to another human being?"
Janez Burger
Kolodvorska 2-4
SI - 1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija / Slovenia
