Section: Youth Film U18 Competition

SIN

the SON

Ines Tanović
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, 2019, 106 Min

Emotional worlds in turmoil: adopted son Arman is angry. His biological mother abandoned him. It would be better for everyone if he just died, he screams at his adoptive parents. They don't know what to do. He skips school, takes drugs and plays around with weapons. As such the eighteen-year-old is anything but a positive role model for his fourteen-year-old "brother" Dado.

With her second feature film Ines Tanović continues to precisely portray the everyday post-war life of her home-town of Sarajevo, an approach she began with her much-acclaimed feature film debut OUR EVERYDAY LIFE (FFC 2015). Alongside universal issues such as the generation gap he experiences between himself and his adoptive parents, Arman is further burdened by the trauma of war endured by older generations as well as their expectations of a better post-war period. Being a teenager is hard enough for an adopted child, and even more difficult when he/she lives in a country that has yet come to terms with its past and is faced with an uncertain future. These are all issues the comparatively high standard of living enjoyed by Arman's family does little to ameliorate. On the testosterone-fuelled search for the ultimate kick one friend falls into the clutches of IS, whilst others get caught up in drugs and weapons in a life full of risk. Late, but perhaps not too late, Arman realises that he has to take responsibility for his little brother and his homeland. This naturalistic portrait of adolescents caught between an entire society entrapped by post-traumatic stress, a male thirst for adventure and the helplessness of their parents mixes precise, documentary-like psychological observation with the effective employment of fictitious twists and turns. BB

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Ines Tanović
Kamera
Mitja Ličen
Ton
Julij Zornik
Schnitt
Reginald Simek
Ausstattung
Mario Ivezic
Musik
Nedim Zlatar, Leo Saric, Belma Zvizdic
Darsteller
Dino Bajrović, Snežana Bogdanović, Uliks Fehmiu, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Jasna Ornela Bery, Lidija Kordić
Produzent
Alem Babić
Produktion
DOKUMENT Sarajevo
Co-Produktion
SpiritusMovens, Luna film, MONOO, CutUp
Kontakt
DOKUMENT Sarajevo

Alem Babić
Logavina 12
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
alembabic@me.com
+38761211803
Ines Tanović

Ines Tanović - born in 1965 in Sarajevo, today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Director, scriptwriter, producer. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Since then she has been active in the film scene. Her films have received several international awards. THE SOHN, which opened this year's Sarajevo Film Festival, is her second feature film, and is B&H submission for the "Foreign Oscar" 2020.

Movies
SUGAR FREE (2002, short)
SOME OTHER STORIES (2010, omnibus)
A DAY ON THE DRINA (2012, doc, short)
GETO 59 (2014, doc, short)
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE (2015, FFC 2015)
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