Ungiven
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- 2015
- 83'
- color
- drama
- Orig. Title: Imena višnje
Several years after the war, an elderly couple returns to their restored home. We follow their everyday life throughout the four seasons. Every day She becomes more aloof and lost. Instead of helping her, He acts coldly, sometimes even cruelly, towards his wife. However, the realisation that something is wrong with Her will make Him question his behaviour and values.
- Director
- Branko Schmidt
- Screenplay
- Josip Mlakić
- Producer
- Goran Radman
- Cinematography
- Dragan Ruljančić
- Editing
- Vesna Lažeta, Hrvoje Mršić
- Sound Design
- Ognjen Popić
- Costume Design
- Lena Andrijević
- Production Design
- Ivana Škrabalo
- Cast
- Ivo Gregurević, Nada Đurevska, Goran Bogdan
- Production
- Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Branko Schmidt (1957)
Studied economics before graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, with a degree in Film and TV Directing. In 1988, he directed his first feature film Sokol Did Not Like Him, adapted from the play by Fabijan Šovagović, and won the Debutant of the Year Award at the Pula Film Festival. Throughout his career, Schmidt has directed plays, documentary films and children’s television series. His feature film The Melon Route (2006) won numerous awards in Croatia, Grand Prix Golden Antigone for Best Score at the Montpellier IMMF, and was well received at film festivals around the world. Schmidt’s feature film Metastases (2009), adapted from the novel by Ivo Balenović, was also awarded with three Golden Arenas (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Make-Up) and was well received at film festivals around the world.
