Synopsis
Guilt. Desire. Thirst.
A godforsaken mountain village is the only home that a young football player, a miser peasant and a fat girl have. This isolated part of the country finds itself in the middle of the referendum for or against the EU. Our characters couldn’t care less – they are absorbed in their problems. The young football player who accidentally killed his mother doesn’t want to join a rich foreign football team and is willing to risk his father’s love because of it. The lonely fat girl is so desperate for a friend and for a lover that she will end up seeking both in the pig-sty. The miser peasant will find out that the real misery is in loneliness.
Daring and challenging, this emotional story set in the grotesque world of a bizarre village glides between ridiculous and tragic, aiming to take us back to the most hidden and also the most intense feelings we might have.
Cast
Mike: Kresimir Mikic
Olga: Areta Curkovic
Joso: Ivo Gregurevic
Mike's father: Danko Ljustina
Joso's wife: Jasna Zalica
Doctor: Milan Plestina
Aunt: Nada Gacesic-Livakovic
Crone: Dara Vukic
Jele: Marija Tadic
Iguman: Milivoj Beader
Gliso: Damir Karakas
Boy: Petar Tudja
Policeman: Filip Rados
Crew
Director: Dalibor Matanic
Producer: Ankica Juric Tilic
Co-producers: Vanja Sutlic, Miro Barnjak
Based on the book by: Damir Karakas
Screenwriters: Dalibor Matnic, Milan F. Zivkovic
DOP: Branko Linta h.f.s.
Editor: Tomislav Pavlic
Music: Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjevic
Sound design: Dubravka Premar
Art director: Zeljka Buric
Costume design: Ana Savic Gecan
1st AD: Dragan Juric
* Production company: KINORAMA
* Co-producers: CROATIAN RADIOTELEVISION, Croatia and PRODUKCIJA PORTA, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Distribution Croatia: Continental film
* Distribution Serbia: MegacomFilm
* World sales: Soulfood Distribution
* Duration: 122 min
* Screening format: 35 mm
* Aspect ratio: 1:1,85
* Sound: dolby SR
* Dialogues: Croatian
* Subtitles: English, French |
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Awards
* Alexandria International Film Festival 2009 - international competition - best director award
* Mexico International Film Festival 2009 - out of competition, special mention: Silver palm
* Festival del cinema Europeo 2009 - international competition - grand prix Golden Olive Tree
* Noordelijk Film Festival 2008 - international competition - grand prix Matad'or and the award of the students
* Montpellier Film Festival 2008 - international competition - young audience award
* Pula FilmFestival 2008 - 2 Golden Arenas and debutant prize for actress
Festivals
* Carthage Film Festival 2010, Tunis – Tribute to ex-Yugolavia
* EKWA IFF Reunion & Mauritius Island 2009, Mauricius - international competition
* Ourense IFF, Ourense, Spain 2009 - special programme
* Mumbai Film Festival, Mumbai, India 2009 - programme World Cinema
* Film Festival della Lessina 2009, Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy - international competiton
* Alexandria International Film Festival 2009, Alexandria, Egypt - international competition - best director award
* Lubuskie Film Summer, Largow, Poland 2009 - international competition
* Napoli Film Festival, Napoli, Italy 2009 - international competition
* Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico 2009 - out of competition, special mention: Silver palm
* Festival del cinema Europeo Lecce, Italy 2009 - international competition - grand prix Golden Olive Tree
* Ankara IFF, 2009. Ankara, Turkey - international competition
* Goteborg IFF, 2009. Goteborg, Sweden - programme Five Continents
* Auteurs Film Festival, 2008, Belgrade, Serbia - international competition
* Funchal Film Festival, 2008, Funchal, Portugal - international competition
* Liffe Ljubljana Film Festival, 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia
* Noordelijk Film Festival, 2008, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands - international competition - grand prix Matad'or and the award of the students
* Eastern Neighbours, 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands
* Montpellier Film Festival, 2008, Montpellier, France - international competition - young audience award
* Filmfest Hamburg, 2008, Hamburg, Germany - international competition
* International Cinematographer's Festival "Manaki Brothers" 2008, Skopje, Macedonia
* Dani hrvatskog filma Orasje, 2008, Orasje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Sarajevo Film Festival, 2008, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - international competition
* Pula FilmFestival 2008, Pula, Croatia - 2 Golden Arenas and debutant prize for actress |
