Synopsis

In Slovenian legend, the Julian Alps were the White Women's garden, and Zlatorog, a white chamois with golden horns, held the key to Mount Bogatin's gold. In the Trenta valley, a young hunter still bows to the mountain. He loves a girl, and it is enough. Then a Venetian merchant slips a gold ring onto her finger. "I'll bring you the gold of Bogatin," the hunter promises, and from then on nothing is enough. He climbs into the snow and shoots Zlatorog. The blood blooms into white flowers, the chamois rises, and its horns blaze with light. Zlatorog never touches him; blinded by the gold, he falls. In spring, the river carries his hat home. The garden turns to stone, and its keepers leave forever, taking the key with them. Narrated by the White Women, ZLATOROG is a fable about the moment enough stops being enough.