Seventy-year-old Sena lives in the narrow projection booth of an old cinema in Sarajevo. She makes coffee in an adjacent kitchenette. Every day, she lovingly cleans the antique film projectors, two huge monsters. Now and again she is visited by charming young Sasha and Ilija, who is a little older.
The black-and-white films shown in the cinema, the sound of which echoes through every space, tell stories that evoke many memories for Sena. The film clips with which director André Gil Mata intersperses his observational portrait of Sena reflect her life in Yugoslavia. From the optimism of the first years of Tito’s Communist utopia to the disintegration of the socialist federal republic and the violent, bitter aftermath. Serbian actress Eva Ras appears in many of the clips – a star of many (Eastern) European productions, including several of Dušan Makavejev’s early films.
Film details
Productielanden
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal
Jaar
2016
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2017
Lengte
74'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Bosnian
Première status
None
Director
André Gil Mata
Producer
Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado
Screenplay
André Gil Mata
Cinematography
André Gil Mata
Editing
Tomas Baltazar
Sound design
Pedro Augusto
Principal cast
Sena Mujanovic, Dragan Kostic, Sasha Skoko, Nur Coric, Tija Zubanowic