a modernist emblem of the ideals of socialism and the tito era. also. in its heyday it hosted politicians royals and foreign v.i.p.'s but after the breakup of yugoslavia and the demise of communism the hotel fell into disrepair. swiss director year traces the ups and downs of the hotel's history and revisits his own childhood in the process his mother is serbian and they spent holidays in what was then you can slavia i think one of the. deepest feeling was some kind of sadness of seeing this. place that without having any judgment about politics or but to see this place. that was touching me in terms of architecture in terms of