CROATIAN FILM
THE HOLY FAMILY
DIRECTOR: Vlatka Vorkapić
COUNTRY: Croatia, Serbia
YEAR/DURATION: 2023 • 115′
drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Slavica Šnur, Vlatka Vorkapić
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Filip Tot
- EDITOR: Ivor Šonje
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mario Ivezić
- COSTUME DESIGN: Ivana Zozoli Vargović
- SOUND: Luka Gamulin i Tihomir Vrbanec
- SCORE: Stanislav Kovačić
- MAKE UP: Tatjana Tomšić
- LEAD ACTRESSES: Luna Pilić, Anita Matić Delić
- LEAD ACTORS: Ivan Čuić, Nikola Đuričko
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Judita Franković Brdar, Lidija Penić-Grgaš, Sandra Lončarić
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Aleksandar Cvjetković, Aljoša Čepl, Darko Milas
- FIRST TIME ON SCREEN: Ivan Čuić, Luna Pilić
- PRODUCER: Ivan Maloča
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Inter film d.o.o
- CO-PRODUCED BY: BY Zilion Film (Serbia)
- CO-PRODUCER: Lazar Ristovski
- DISTRIBUTION: Blitz d.o.o.
- SALES AGENT: Blitz d.o.o.
Synopsis
Marrying the son of a wealthy village landlord seems to be a dream come true for a young day labourer. However, marriage to a man burdened with a shameful secret in the village where he lives, making him a hostage to his sickly traditional and devout mother and a ruthless but charming father, will be a trap of lies, dark lust, traditionalism, and deviant piety for the labourer. When she realizes she was chosen only to complete their picture of a “holy family,” the situation spirals out of control, and the image turns into a mockery.
Festivals and awards
São Paulo International Film Festival 2023
FEST Belgrade IFFF 2024 – Main Competition – Best Script and Audience Award (Slavica Šnur and Vlatka Vorkapić)
Trailer
About the director
Vlatka Vorkapić (Ogulin, 1969) is a director, screenwriter and playwright. She graduated in TV and film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art and comparative literature and Czech language and literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. She won the Marin Držić Award for her stage play Judith French. She wrote and directed a number of series, around thirty documentary films, three short films, and the feature film Sonja and the Bull, which was a box office hit in 2012, and won the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay at Pula Film Festival. Holy Family is her second feature, which she directed and co-wrote.
Screening
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- ARENA – SUNDAY 14.7.2024.
21:30
- ARENA – SUNDAY 14.7.2024.
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- INK – MONDAY 15.7.2024.
16:00
- INK – MONDAY 15.7.2024.
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