Thursday, 2 July 2026 at 9 pm
Starring: Manca Košir, Velimir Bata Živojinović, Fabijan Šovagović, Nela Eržišnik, Martin Sagner
Director: Ante Babaja
Screenplay: Ante Babaja, Božidar Violić, Slavko Kolar (based on the short stories of Slavko Kolar)
Photography: Tomislav Pinter
YU • 1967 • 91' • fiction • drama
A moving story about the gentle village girl Janica, who is destroyed by primitive living conditions and the harshness of human relationships. She is rejected and misunderstood by her husband, Marko Labudan, and finds compassion only with the village eccentric, Jože Svetog. But this is not enough to survive in a community where tenderness is an unforgivable weakness and a disgrace...
A modernist classic by Ante Babaja Breza, appreciated equally by audiences and critics, it is a striking blend of naturalism and an aestheticised cinematography inspired by naive painting, and because of this depiction of folkloric elements, the film is often compared to the works of Sergei Parajanov. Emotionally very dramatic, the film develops Babaja's typical motifs of existential anxiety, maladjustment to one's surroundings, and an obsession with transience. Notable are the striking, expressive performances of Fabijan Šovagović and Bata Živojinović and, in contrast, the appealing self-effacement of Slovenian acting debutante and model, Manca Košir. The film won the Silver Arena, the Golden Arena for Best Actor (Bata Živojinović) and the award for cinematography (Tomislav Pinter) at the Pula Film Festival in 1967, in fierce competition.
Admission to the screening on 2 July at 9 pm is free.