What a Country!

Koja je ovo država!

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Α Croatian army general haunted by guilt and suicidal thoughts. A minister of the Croatian government who visits prison and, voluntarily, locks himself up in a museum-like cell dedicated to true patriots. A group of elderly pensioners who steal the coffin with the remains of the late Croatian president Franjo Tudjman. These are the main characters in a wacky and delirious political satire that dares to challenge national taboos, encouraging a troubled country to engage in self-reflection.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Vinko Brešan
Script: Mate Matišić
Cinematography: Branko Linta
Editing: Sandra Botica Brešan
Sound: Bartosz Putkiewicz
Music: Maciej Zieliński
Actors: Krešimir Mikić, Lazar Ristovski, Iva Mihalić, Alma Prica, Ksenija Marinković, Sebastian Cavazza, Daniel Olbrychski
Production: Interfilm
Producers: Ivan Maloča
Co-production: Orka Productions Studio, Zillion Film
Co-producers: Lazar Ristovski, Slaven Knezović, Jacek Kulczycki, Magdalena Zimecka, Radosława Bardes
Costumes: Željko Franulović
Make Up: Ana Bulajic-Črček
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Croatia, Serbia, Poland
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 118΄
Contact: Interfilm, interfilm@interfilm.hr

Vinko Brešan

Vinko Brešan was born in 1964 in Zagreb. He studied Philosophy and Comparative Literature, as well as Film and Television Direction. His debut feature film How the War Started On My Island became, second only to Titanic, the biggest box-office success in Croatian cinemas in the last 20 years and was screened at 32 international film festivals, including Toronto and Montreal. His film The Priest’s Children won the Fisher Audience Award for a film in the Balkan Survey section at the 54th Thessaloniki IFF. What a Country! is his sixth feature film.

Filmography

1996 How the War Started on My Island
1999 Marshal Tito’s Spirit
2003 Witnesses
2008 Will Not End Here
2013 The Priest’s Children
2019 What a Country!