Kino Lika
Posted by easternxpress on August 30, 2009
feature film, 122 min, 2008. Croatia.
english subtitles.
directed by Dalibor Matanic
Guilt. Desire. Thirst.
- based on the book by:Damir Karakas
A godforsaken mountain village is the only home that a young football player, a miser peasant and a fat girl have. This isolated part of the country finds itself in the middle of the referendum for or against the EU. Our characters couldn’t care less – they are absorbed in their problems. The young football player who accidentally killed his mother doesn’t want to join a rich foreign football team and is willing to risk his father’s love because of it. The lonely fat girl is so desperate for a friend and for a lover that she will end up seeking both in the pig-sty. The miser peasant will find out that the real misery is in loneliness.
Daring and challenging, this emotional story set in the grotesque world of a bizarre village glides between ridiculous and tragic, aiming to take us back to the most hidden and also the most intense feelings we might have.
Cast
- Mike:Kresimir Mikic
- Olga:Areta Curkovic
- Joso:Ivo Gregurevic
- Mike’s father:Danko Ljustina
- Joso’s wife:Jasna Zalica
- Doctor:Milan Plestina
- Aunt:Nada Gacesic-Livakovic
- Crone:Dara Vukic
- Jele:Marija Tadic
- Iguman:Milivoj Beader
- Gliso:Damir Karakas
- Boy:Petar Tudja
- Policeman:Filip Rados
Produced by Kinorama.
Screening at the EasternXpress festival 2009.
