Western European critics and public however, supported Hladnik enough for him to find foreign backing for his even more provocative feature film on sexuality, Maškarada/Masquerade(1971).
wˈɛstɚn jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən kɹˈɪɾɪks ænd pˈʌblɪk haʊˈɛvɚ, səpˈoːɹɾᵻd ˈeɪtʃlˈædnɪk ɪnˈʌf fɔːɹ hˌɪm tə fˈaɪnd fˈɔːɹən bˈækɪŋ fɔːɹ hɪz ˈiːvən mˈoːɹ pɹəvˈɑːkətˌɪv fˈiːtʃɚ fˈɪlm ˌɔn sˈɛkʃuːˈælᵻɾi, mˌæʃkɐɹˈɑːdə slˈæʃ mˈæskɚɹˌeɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn.