Karlo moves in with his girlfriend Lidija. They don't know how to clean the fish, so he brings the fish to his dad to clean it. On his way back, Karlo meets an old friend, Aneta, who came back after studying abroad. During dinner, Lidija and Karlo listen to their friends lamenting about moving to London. Karlo goes for a walk and drink with Aneta during the night, chatting with other youngsters downtown. Later, they go to her apartment, and they kiss. Afterwards, Karlo leaves and wonders the streets during the night.
"Fall of Our Summer" (also translated as "The Autumn of Our Summer") has a conventional story, but still enough honesty while tackling the topic of a young generation trying to start a new life on their own, while still feeling that longing for the past "wild days". Directed by and starring Karlo Vorih, this short film benefits the most from aesthetic cinematography consisting out of huge close-ups and warm, yellow colors, giving it a distinctive look. Too much of its scenes are arbitrary, random and "improvised", meandering a bit too far into the trivial, yet it strikes the right tone of nostalgia and confusion of what to do with this new stage of life. The protagonist Karlo is content living with his girlfriend Lidija, but it seems he is not truly happy, since the viewers can sense he feels their joint life is just standard. He thus goes out with the girl he knew before, Aneta, who reminds him of this past and feeling that goes with it. One of her lines is funny ("She is pregnant, her stomach is up to her teeth!"), and one scene is wonderfully poetic (she asks Karlo to help her untie the knot on her hair behind her head, after which they feel chemistry). The story is thus a contemplation on the paradox of never truly being happy with one situation, since it always excludes other situations, and the notion that even people in a relationship can long for something better than what they got, and since it is based on the mood and feelings, it succeeds in its task.
Grade:++
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