{"id":10456,"date":"2019-09-17T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.nihrff.de\/6065-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:02:22","slug":"films-2019-srbenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/films-2019-srbenka\/","title":{"rendered":"Srbenka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Srbenka<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DIRECTOR(S): <\/strong>Neboj\u0161a Slijep\u010devi\u0107   COUNTRY: <\/strong>Croatia   YEAR: <\/strong>2018   LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>Croatian   SUBTITLES: <\/strong>English   RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>72 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION: <\/strong>International Forum 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SCREENINGS <\/strong>Friday, 04.10., 1.30 pm, kinoeins
Tuesday, 08.10., 6.30 pm, kinoeins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the winter of 1991, Croatia defended itself against the military aggression of neighboring Serbia. Among the innocent victims of this conflict was Aleksandra Zec, a teenager of Serbian origin, who was hatefully lynched in Zagreb. A generation later, while in Croatian schools, Serbian pupils continue to be taken for the \u201cenemies\u201d of yesterday, Oliver Frlji\u0107 adapts \u201cthe Zec affair\u201d at the theatre, with Nina, a Serbian, born in 2001, in the title role.
In front of Neboj\u0161a Slijep\u010devi\u0107\u2019s camera, the troupe\u2019s rehearsals turn into collective psychotherapy, interspersed by shots of an empty stage haunted by personal accounts that build up in voiceover. Through skillful metatheatre that involves both the troupe\u2019s acting and sense of self as they work on their own memories, distanced by the theatrical device, Srbenka delineates a public space likely to break the cycle of vengeance. Slijep\u010devi\u0107\u2019s film also constitutes a powerful reflection on one of the possible functions of art: to dry out, meter by meter, the cesspool of hatred fed by the entrepreneurs of ethnic cleansing who continue to act today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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