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Deadlock starts with a thriller cliché: torrential rain that causes traffic troubles all over Europe and briefly steals the headlines from topics such as the refugee crisis. Mejra (
Mirjam Korbar) is alone in her apartment in the Fužine district of Ljubljana, known for its predominant immigrant population from the southern ex-Yugoslav states. A strange man, whose name is later revealed to be Andrej (
Uroš Fürst), appears at her door, saying that he has something important to talk to her about, though he is reluctant to tell her what the deal is exactly. Mejra’s husband Emir (one of Slovenia’s best liked movie actors, the late