The Constitution

Ustav Republike Hrvatske

A secondary school teacher, Vjeko, spent his entire life studying history. Together with his father, he lives in a shabby and dirty apartment in downtown Zagreb. The death of Bobo, the love of his lifetime, has left him helpless and devastated. He best enjoys life walking through the empty streets at night, wearing make-up and women’s clothes. One night, he crosses the path of a group of adolescents who beat him up and leave him soiled and helpless on the street. He ends up in a hospital where he recovers with the help of Maja, a nurse who happens to live in the same block of flats as Vjeko. After Maja brings him back home, she begins to take care of Vjeko and his father. This is the beginning of a story of three completely different people who live in the same building and who, quite unexpectedly and largely against their will, are thrown together and grow dependent on one another.

  • Year:
    2016
  • Runtime:
    92 min.
  • Country:
    Croatia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Slovenia
  • Director:
    Rajko Grlić
  • Screenplay:
    Croatia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Slovenia
  • Dir. of Photography:
    Branko Linta
  • Music:
    Duke Bojadziev
  • Editor:
    Andrija Zafranović
  • Cast:
    Ksenija Marinković, Dejan Aćimović, Nebojša Glogovac
  • Production:
    Interfilm, IN Film, Revolution Production, Sever&Sever, HRT, Film&Music Entertainment, NP7
  • Sales:
    Latido Films, Garfield Film (Slovak distributor)
  • Festivals:
    Montreal World Film Festival 2016 (Grand Prix of Americas)

Schedule:

13.11.2016 20:30 Kino Lumière (K1)

About the Director:

Rajko Grlić

Rajko Grlić (1947, Zagreb, Croatia) graduated from FAMU in Prague in 1971, majoring in film directing. He wrote and directed over a dozen fiction features. His films have been shown in cinemas across all five continents and have competed at the most prestigious festivals around the globe, for instance Cannes (Bravo Maestro, 1978; You Only Love Once (Samo jednom se ljubi, 1981)) or Karlovy Vary (Just Between Us (Neka ostane među nama, 2010), receiving numerous awards.