Stela

feature film, drama, Yugoslavia, Urania film, Avala film, 1990

DIRECTED BY: Petar Krelja

Stela

CAST:
Anja Šovagović Despot (Stela Lončar),
Žarko Laušević (Mato Erceg),
Mira Furlan (Lucija),
Miodrag Krivokapić (Mijo Lončar),
Davor Janjić (Zic),
Ivo Gregurević (Tomo Lončar)

SCRIPT:
Petar Krelja

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ivica Rajković

MUSIC:
Arsen Dedić

EDITING:
Višnja Štern

Synopsis:
Social workers in Zagreb decide to send their protégé, the problematic twenty-year-old Stela, to a home for problematic social cases on the island Cres. On the way to Cres, a young social worker who accompanies Stela realizes that she is, in fact, a very sensitive girl, and is merely a victim of unresolved family conflicts. He decides to help her and disobey the rules. Along the way Stela’s attractiveness and sensitivity make him fall in love with her…

color, digital, 91'