ABOUT THE MOVIE
In the mid-fifties, the Piazza Ponterosso in the centre of Trieste became for all the citizens of Yugoslavia a myth, a favourite shopping destination. During the seventies and the eighties, the object that symbolized this myth was a pair of blue jeans. During those years, millions of Slavs travelled to Trieste at least once or twice a year. However, with the war in the Balkans everything stopped. The films is a jigsaw puzzle of stories and testimonies, from both sides of the border, trying to recall those fabulous years.
Alessio Bozzer
Born in Trieste in 1975, Alessio Bozzer graduated in Industrial Design at the Politecnico of Milano. In 2004 he co-founded the Terredarte association, for which he curates and organizes exhibitions and events, including the retrospective exhibition on Ettore Sottsass at the Salone degli Incanti in Trieste in 2007. Since 2006 he has worked as the producer and director for Videoest of Trieste. His first feature documentary "Why a film about Michele De Lucchi", was the opening film of the Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisbon 2013. That same year he released the documentary "A 100 years later", and in 2014 "War in the mountains". In 2016 he was producer and director of feature documentary "Trieste, Yugoslavia" that premiered at Trieste F.F. and in the U.S. at SEEfest, as well as in all Balkan countries.
