Otac
- Fiction Film
- 120'
- 2020
- Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Synopsis
Father is a story of a man who has his children taken away from him because of poverty. It is a story about a loser, an outcast, a humiliated man who sets off on foot from his village in the south of Serbia to the capital, from one end of the country to the other, out of protest, dignity, and despair, to make a point about himself and others, ultimately becoming a hero.
Director
Director's statement
I wanted the film to start as a realistic drama about a bureaucratic and corrupt society, and then slowly turn into a film about a man who, through the mythic journey he embarks on as a loser and an outcast, turns into a hero. Starting as a social drama, the film becomes a fairy tale.
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important awards
Feature-length film Audience Award.
The CEI Award (Central European Initiative), for the film which best interprets contemporary reality and the dialogue between cultures, (3,000 euros) goes to FATHER di Srdan Golubovic.
Režiser skozi potovanje junakov v boju za svojo družino natančno prikazuje krutost našega sveta. Intimen in družbeno posvečen, boleče realističen in poetičen film problematizira vprašanje moči posameznika v sedanjem trenutku.
Award prize of 15 000 € given by the City of Montpellier Méditerranée.
Highest possible score of 5.0. The award is donated by the city of Pula.
Minority co-production competition.
Ecumenical Jury Prize.
Jury statement (serbian): Nagrada žirija „Fedeora“ pripala je filmu „Otac“ Srdana Golubovića zbog dramatične atmosfere, odličnog rada reditelja i sjajne glumačke ekipe.
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Father (English)
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hrvaško: Film Otac četvrti je dugometražni igrani film srbijanskog redatelja Srđana Golubovića, čiji je prethodni film Krugovi, također koprodukcija između Srbije, Njemačke, Francuske i Hrvatske, bio prikazan na festivalima u Berlinu i na Sundance Film Festivalu gdje je osvojio posebno priznanje žirija. Scenarij za ovaj novi film zajednički potpisuju redatelj Golubović i poznati hrvatski scenarist i redatelj Ognjen Sviličić. Priča je to o Nikoli, čovjeku kojemu je novo vrijeme oduzelo sve, pa i pravo
na vlastitu djecu. Nikola je simbol borbe protiv licemjerja koje donosi to novo vrijeme koje nam cinično postavlja pitanje – da li siromaštvo isključuje i pravo na vlastitu djecu? Poput nekog modernog Sizifa Nikola se u svojoj potrazi za pravdom suočava s korupcijom, birokracijom, apsurdom i ravnodušnošću te luta od jednih do drugih vrata, od jednog do drugog službenika, a sve dalje od rješenja i pravde. Premda Nikola počinje priču kao gubitnik, odbačen i ponižen čovjek, kroz svoje putovanje, hodajući
od svog sela do glavnog grada, s jednog na drugi kraj zemlje, vođen protestom, osjećajem osnovnog ljudskog dostojanstva i željom da dokaže nešto samom sebi i drugima, postaje heroj, u ovom, kako ga redatelj Golubović karakterizira, «bajkolikom tranzicijskom vesternu».
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