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Atlantic, B
2026-05-12
20:30
In 1991, 12-year-old Aleksandra Zec and her Serbian family were brutally murdered in Zagreb. Years later, Oliver Frljić creates a play about the case.

In the early 90s, the new-born state of Croatia was involved in a military conflict with neighbouring Serbia. Criminals used the chaos of war to harass and rob Serbian civilians living in Croatia. One of the innocent victims was a girl living in Zagreb, Aleksandra Zec. She was brutally murdered, alongside her family who were of Serbian descent. The perpetrators were soon found but because of political pressure no one has ever been convicted for the crime. A quarter of a century later, controversial theatre director Oliver Frljic is working on a play about the case. The process brings out the hidden traumas, rehearsals become a collective psychotherapy, and 12-year old actress Nina feels as if the war had never ended. When director asks her to reveal that she is Serbian in front of the audience, Nina is terrified, and does not know what to do.

 

duration:
72 min
country / year of production:
Croatia / 2018
director:
Nebojša Slijepčević
cinematography:
Nebojša Slijepčević, Bojan Mrđenović
production:
Vanja Jambrović / Restart
selected festivals and awards:
2018 – FF Sarajevo: Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary, Audience Award, 2018 – Visions du Réel Nyon: Buyences-Chagoll Award
tags:
human rights theatre

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