TI IMAŠ NOĆ

Her last voyage ends in Genoa: one last time Sanja cleans the cabins together with her Asian colleague. She doesn't want to stay in the city, the autumnal tones of which strike her as unwelcoming. Instead she returns to Bijela. Her mother, brother and little son live there, not to mention her boyfriend. His father is unemployed and mourns the passing of the Tito era, a time when really big ships departed from the dockyard. Slowed down to a dreamlike pace the locals try to cope with their everyday lives. Highly atmospheric, featuring carefully composed images and a close proximity to its characters, the film tells of roads of life that lead nowhere in a small city that has fallen victim to globalisation. Unable to keep up with the pace of development people are leaving the city, in a manner akin to the heavy floating workbenches: once the centrepiece of the shipyard facilities, they now slowly follow the pull of the sea, past the night-time backdrop of the city, on towards China. The city is left behind. WMH