Cycle
From 09.02. To 15.04.2009.
U spomen na….
In memoriam…. Tomislav Pinter
Films in cycle
Abeceda straha
(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1961)
Directed by: Fadil Hadžić
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
A young girl, a member of Young Communists, comes into a family of an “Ustasha” chief to work as a maid. She pretends to be illiterate. Her task is to get her hands on important documents – a list of spies sent by the enemy to the freed territory. This task is very dangerous, and she has to be especially careful because of Elza, Ustasha’s older daughter and a fiancée of a German officer, who doesn’t trust her. Sasa, the younger daughter, is still a child and she tries to teach the ma...
b/w, 35 mm, 98'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 10.02.2009 AT 21:00
Monday 09.02.2009 AT 19:00
Prometej s otoka Viševice
(Jadran film, 1964)
Directed by: Vatroslav Mimica
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
Mate Bakula, a middle-aged, run-down executive of an important company from Zagreb travels with his wife to his native island Viševica to unveil a monument dedicated to the local Partisans. While at home, memories from the past torment him: his Partisan youth, his first love/wife and his misunderstood enthusiasm concerning the introduction of electricity to the island.
b/w, 35 mm, 95'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 10.02.2009 AT 19:00
Monday 09.02.2009 AT 21:00
Three
(1965)
Directed by: Aleksandar Petrović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
Aleksadar Petrović’s film was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Film in 1965. A young man named Miloš connects three different stories taking place in the beginning, middle and the end of the WW II and is forced to witness three deaths from a different perspective.
35 mm, b/w, 80 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 12.02.2009 AT 21:00
Wednesday 11.02.2009 AT 19:00
Roundabout
(Croatia, 1966 | Mjesto prikazivanja filma: Centar za kulturu i informacije Maksimir (ul. Lavoslava Švarca 18))
Directed by: Zvonimir Berković
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
Every Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Feđi. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Feđa's wife, and almost invisibly, a love triangle forms. Chess board is the central part of the film, as moves on the board reflect emotions of the characters... Zvonimir Berković's debut film, the first and the only Croatian chamber film, the classic of Croatian cinema, whose film structure was built on the principle of the musical form rondo....
b/w, 94'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 15.04.2009 AT 20:30
Thursday 12.02.2009 AT 19:00
Wednesday 11.02.2009 AT 21:00
Happy Gypsies
(Yugoslavia, 1967)
Directed by: Aleksandar Petrović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
This classic by Aleksandar Petrović is a story about the lives of Gypsies and their daily struggle for survival, their hopes, loves and freedom. Bora is a married man who falls in love with young Tisa, a girl already engaged to be married to a twelve year old boy. Tisa rejects the marriage because the boy cannot consummate the marriage and elopes with Bora. The couple flees to the mountains and finds a priest who marries them.
color, 94 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 14.02.2009 AT 21:00
Friday 13.02.2009 AT 19:00
The Birch Tree
(Croatia, 1967)
Directed by: Ante Babaja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tomislav Pinter
Synopsis:
This is the terrifying story of a sensitive village girl, Janica, who is ruined by the primitive conditions of rural life and the viciousness of people. Her husband, Marko Labudan, does not understand her and the only one empathizing with her is the village eccentric, Joža Sveti. But, that is not enough to survive in a community where sensitivity is not allowed and is the cause of shame…