Ziv Covek

The son's girlfriend is secretly flirting with the father. Shortly afterwards it emerges that daughter Vida has gotten pregnant by accident. Life is a mess and yet ageing rocker Đela has seen it all before. While his wife is busy destroying the children's room in a fit of rage, he treats himself to a first raki for breakfast. In memory of his band colleague Cera, who died of an overdose, and meanwhile courts the next best woman, the next-door neighbour. Only when Sunčica reveals to him that his son is not in fact his, but that of his deceased friend, is he knocked off balance. Disappointed, he leaves his family. The result is a transcendent film experience in Western-style cowboy boots; from excess via resurrection to repentance. In an emotionally-intelligent approach Oleg Novković, a regular guest at the FilmFestival Cottbus, explores the questions of when a man is really alive and what constitutes freedom. JJ

After the film you can watch the Q&A between the film director Oleg Novković, screenplay writer Milena Marković and FFC-moderator Joshua Jádi HERE.