The Constitution (film)

The Constitution
Directed by Rajko Grlić
Produced by Ivan Maloča
Written by
Starring
Music by Duke Bojadziev
Cinematography Branko Linta
Edited by Andrija Zafranović
Release date
Language Croatian
Serbian
Budget HRK 4 million (c. €530,000)[1]

The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske) is a 2016 drama film directed by Rajko Grlić, starring Nebojša Glogovac, Ksenija Marinković, Dejan Aćimović, and Božidar Smiljanić.

Plot

The film is a story of four people who live in the same apartment building in downtown Zagreb, but are wary of each other because they don't share the same ethnic and religious backgrounds and sexual preferences. Vjeko Kralj (Nebojša Glogovac), a high school professor and a transvestite, is beaten in the street by a group of hooligans. In the hospital, he accidentally meets his neighbor Maja Samardžić (Ksenija Marinković), who works there as a nurse. After Vjeko is released, she continues to look after him and his dying father. She then asks Vjeko to help her husband Ante (Dejan Aćimović), who is a police officer, to pass the Croatian Constitution exam. Problems soon arise because Ante is an ethnic Serb, while Vjeko is an ardent Croatian nationalist. Slowly and painfully, they begin to open and recognize each other as human beings.

Release and reception

The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Montreal World Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize of the Americas for best film.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Rajko Grlić: Moj film je priča o ljudima koji se gotovo ne podnose, ali koje život tjera u međusobnu ovisnost". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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