NAKON LJETA

Maja, an urbanite in her mid-30s, travels to a remote Dalmatian island to resolve inheritance issues that she only recently discovered exist. The deeper she delves into the island's tight-knit social fabric however, the more she distances herself from the idea of suing for the inheritance of her father, village patriarch Jakša Stipetić, who fathered her out of wedlock. Maja, too, soon finds herself in amorous entanglements: with Saša, who boasts of having made a name for himself in New York yet leads a lonely playboy existence on his island, and with Ičo, the mayor with a nostalgic communist attitude. Everyone here is an amorous and political romantic: "Bella Ciao" plays in the harbour café, then a Titoist song is sung, and at some point ex-partisan Ana, already slightly demented, steps out onto her balcony with a shotgun as she thinks the fascists are coming back. And then there are Ičo's everyday worries, both about his inability to find skilled workers for his café and about his cannabis plantation. Because if the police find out, he'll be kicked out of the mayor's office. A congenial exploration of the mindset of a Croatian Adriatic island, set in the mild light of summer and given life by distinctive characters that could only exist in real life. Director Danis Tanović won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2002 with NO MAN'S LAND. The screenplay was written by lead actress Anja Matković, who is this year a member of the FFC's International Festival Jury.

Text: Bernd Buder

05.11.2024 | 20:00 | Stadthalle (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

10.11.2024 | 14:30 | Weltspiegel Saal 2 (original version with German subtitles)