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Meeting old farmers from his home region, a filmmaker and free-time botanist learns about a dying relationship with fruit trees, which expands from memories and dreams to fantasy and myths. Inspired by this secretive imaginaria, he embarks on a journey that takes him from the valleys of the Slovenian-Italian borderland to the burned-down citrus orchards in Sicily and the gigantic wholesale fruit market on the outskirts of Barcelona. 


In the meantime, a Japanese scientist stumbles upon a puzzling document about the “Montemaggiore Pear Case”. Written by the Yugoslav scientists in the mid 1960s, the enigmatic course of events linked with a fast-growing pear tree challenges all her presumptions about nature's ability to defy the passing of time. 


By investigating the heritage of fruit cultivation and the collective memories fruits hold within people, the respective journeys of two strangers become increasingly existential. Human-centred perspective and its corresponding narratives that were previously held unequivocal start to attenuate. The question arises: do the humans cultivate fruits, or is it the other way around? 




Tales of Fruits and Monsters


fiction/docu by Gregor Božič & Marina Gumzi, in development 

based on the 2009-20 field research carried out by Gregor Božič 

development supported by Creative Europe, Slovenian Film Center and Re:ACT

photos: Gregor Božič (1,3), Jane Alden Stevens (2)







Meeting old farmers from his home region, a filmmaker and free-time botanist learns about a dying relationship with fruit trees, which expands from memories and dreams to fantasy and myths. Inspired by this secretive imaginaria, he embarks on a journey that takes him from the valleys of the Slovenian-Italian borderland to the burned-down citrus orchards in Sicily and the gigantic wholesale fruit market on the outskirts of Barcelona. 


In the meantime, a Japanese scientist stumbles upon a puzzling document about the “Montemaggiore Pear Case”. Written by the Yugoslav scientists in the mid 1960s, the enigmatic course of events linked with a fast-growing pear tree challenges all her presumptions about nature's ability to defy the passing of time. 


By investigating the heritage of fruit cultivation and the collective memories fruits hold within people, the respective journeys of two strangers become increasingly existential. Human-centred perspective and its corresponding narratives that were previously held unequivocal start to attenuate. The question arises: do the humans cultivate fruits, or is it the other way around? 




Tales of Fruits and Monsters


fiction/docu by Gregor Božič & Marina Gumzi, in development 

based on the 2009-20 field research carried out by Gregor Božič 

development supported by Creative Europe, Slovenian Film Center and Re:ACT

photos: Gregor Božič (1,3), Jane Alden Stevens (2)