On the Other Side

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Vesna is a middle-aged woman who works as a visiting nurse in Zagreb. Twenty years ago, she lived in Sisak, a small Croatian industrial town she was forced to leave during the Yugoslavian war, when a violent incident almost destroyed her entire family. In the capital, she manages to reinvent her identity and start anew. One day, Vesna gets an unexpected call from her husband, Žarko, a man who left her on the eve of the war after which he was sentenced for war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia. They haven’t spoken or heard from each other in more than two decades, but now he wants to reach out to her and reconnect with his family. At first, Vesna tries to keep her distance and show a cold face, but after the years of loneliness, something starts to break inside of her. When the news about Žarko’s release hits the media, Vesna’s past starts to creep up on her much faster than she thought.

  • Year:
    2016
  • Runtime:
    85 min.
  • Country:
    Croatia, Serbia
  • Director:
    Zrinko Ogresta
  • Screenplay:
    Mate Matišić, Zrinko Ogresta
  • Dir. of Photography:
    Branko Linta
  • Music:
    Mate Matišić, Šimun Matišić
  • Editor:
    Tomislav Pavlic
  • Cast:
    Ksenija Marinković, Lazar Ristovski, Tihana Lazović, Robert Budak, Toni Šestan, Tena Jeić Gajski
  • Production:
    Interfilm, Zillion film, HRT
  • Sales:
    Cercamon
  • Festivals:
    Berlinale: Panorama 2016 (Europa Cinemas Label – Special Mention), Karlovy Vary 2016, BFI London 2016, Warsaw 2016

Schedule:

11.11.2016 18:30 Kino Mladosť

About the Director:

Zrinko Ogresta

Zrinko Ogresta (1958, Virovitica, Croatia) is a screenwriter and film director, professor of film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, and a member of the European Film Academy. His films were screened and awarded at renowned international and national festivals (Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary, London, Pula, etc.). His most notable achievements include a nomination for European Film Award in the category of Best Young Director for Fragments (Krhotine, 1991), Prix Italia for Washed Out (Isprani, 1995), Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary IFF for Here (Tu, 2003) and Special Mention at the Berlinale for On the Other Side.