On The Other Side

Directed by Zrinko Ogresta

Vesna is a middle-aged visting nurse in Zagreb. She goes about her quiet daily life: babysitting for her son, helping her daughter to prepare for her wedding. Out of the blue, she gets a call from her husband Zarko, who left his family on the eve of the war to fight for "the other side". His reappearance sends her carefully reconstructed life in a tailspon, endangering her new identity...

 
 
  • Ksenija Marinković, Lazar Ristovski, Tihana Lazović, Robert Budak, Toni Šestan, Tena Jeić Gajski

  • Croatian / 2016 / 85’

    S One Strane

  • FICTION - Drama/ Thriller

  • Director Zrinko Ogresta Screenplay Mate Matišić, Zrinko Ogresta Cinematography Branko Linta Editing Tomislav Pavlic Music Šimun Matišić, Mate Matišić Art Direction Tanja Lacko Costume Design Katarina Zaninović Producer Interfilm (Ivan Maloča) Co-producer Zillion film (RS) (Lazar Ristovski)

  • DCP I Colour I 5.1

  • Berlin International Film Festival 2016 - Panorama

    Oscar entry of the 89h Academy Awards

    Special Mention Europa Cinemas Berlin Film Festival 2016

  • "The perils of the past keep echoing through the cinema of the present, and On the Other Side is the latest film to contemplate the contemporary consequences of historical conflict. In Croatian filmmaker Zrinko Ogresta’s seventh feature, a Bosnian war survivor reluctantly reconnects with the man who forced her to fear for her safety, flee her home, and forge a new life. That he happens to be her husband significantly complicates matters. Ogresta doesn’t just make her characters confront their multifaceted situation, but, almost by stealth, makes the viewers face the many sides to every story as well." SCREEN