SAMO KAD SE SMIJEM / ONLY WHEN I LAUGH

Tina lives in what appears to be an idyllic marriage in town on the Adriatic coast. She is a housewife who takes care of their six-year-old daughter, while her husband Frane provides for the family. Their relationship begins to change when Tina expresses her desire to complete the college education she had to abandon due to pregnancy. Despite initially consenting and supporting her, Frane starts showing disapproval, initially through minor acts of sabotage. Over time, conflicts become more frequent, and arguments turn increasingly violent.

VANJA JURANIĆ

Vanja Juranić (1974) is a Croatian director, writer, and editor, and is a member of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild. Her screenplay for the film See You in Sarajevo was selected for Sarajevo City of Film 2008, and the resulting film was screened at various international film festivals. Her first feature documentary, Am I Happy? (2011), premiered at ZagrebDox, where it received special mention; and her first feature fiction film, Zagreb Cappuccino (2’15) was screened at Göteborg Film Festival, while at Pula Film Festival it won two awards: the Grand Golden Arena for Best Music and the Breza Award for best debutant (dop Danko Vučinović). Her short film Girl with a Moustache (2016), a French-Romanian co-production, premiered at Slamdance Film Festival.

 

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Vanja Juranić portrays a society that normalises the abuse of a woman to such an extent that committing murder might be seen as the only way out for her.

Marko Stojiljković, Cineuropa