Crossing Europe

On the other Side

1 hr. 25 min. | Drama, Thriller, War | Pegi 13

Memories from the Bosnian war suddenly come back to Vesna (by Ksenija Marinković), a nurse working in Zagreb, after receiving an unexpected call,. For twenty years now she has been living between her home and work, helping her now grown-up children. With that call, her husband, a war criminal Zarko, who fought the war "on the other side", comes back into her life. An intense anxiety now fills up Vesna's days.

Zrinko Ogresta

Zrinko Ogresta

Zrinko Ogresta is a Croatian screenwriter and director, known for his strong visual style and the capability to gradually uncover the anxieties and traumas of his characters, hidden behind the facade of the calm ordinary lives. Z. Ogresta's debut film Fragments (Krhotine, 1991) was nominated for the European Film Award. On the Other Side is his seventh feature. The director is currently teaching film direction in Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts and he is a member of the European Film Academy.
Languages
Croatian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
S one strane
Produced
2016: Croatia, Serbia

Film information

Director
Zrinko Ogresta
Producers
Ivan Maloca
Cast
Ksenija Marinkovic, Lazar Ristovski, Tihana Lazovic, Robert Budak, Toni Sestan
More information
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