There Once Was a Land of Hard-working People [Nekoč je bila dežela pridnih]
- Release Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Directed By
- Urša Menart
From 1977 to 1991 an image of Slovenia as a green, demilitarised and peaceful country of diligent people reigned in Yugoslavia, a country where differences are not only allowed, but also desired. This period ends with a ten-day war, when the identity turns from peacefulness, modesty and diligence into courage and a fighting spirit. The film documents the changes in Slovenia and its inhabitants, which have in recent years brought us to a completely different understanding of national identity, different from the one which was true in Slovenia as well as abroad twenty years ago.

