Archive of films No One's Son / Niciji sin

Croatia / Slovenia
2008, 100 min

Section: East of the West - Competition
Year: 2009

Ivan is a former rock singer and disillusioned war veteran who lost both his legs and his wife’s favor in the war. Then he discovers a dark family secret that radically changes his attitude to life... The best Croatian movie of 2008 and the hands-down winner at the 55th Pula IFF with six Golden Arena Awards.

Synopsis

Ivan is a former rock singer and veteran who lost both his legs in battle. At age 36 he must also come to terms with a marriage on the rocks and with the fact that he can’t see his son. Like many of his fellow veterans, who would often rather take their own lives or waste away in an institution, his life seems to have no future. Ivan’s father Izidor, a famous political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, is eager to take a seat in the Croatian Parliament. In the middle of campaigning, however, a Serbian refugee named Simo appears and begins to blackmail Izidor. Soon, unexpected facts start bubbling to the surface.... Adapted from a successful theater play, the movie will be appreciated by more than just those who remember what happened in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia during and after the war. The topic is timeless: wounded war veterans and the inability of anyone to help them, their isolation, and their families condemned to extinction through the criminal absurdities of war... The best Croatian film of 2008 took six Golden Arena Awards at the 55th Pula IFF (Best Film, Direction, Actor, Music, Sound, Special Effects).

About the director

Arsen Anton Ostojić (b. 1965) graduated in film direction in 1990 from Zagreb’s Academy of Dramatic Arts, and in 1994 he earned an MFA in filmmaking from New York University. He has directed two feature films, a play, and several award-winning docs and shorts. He worked on 20 feature films in Europe and the USA as assistant director and producer, and he has lectured in production in Zagreb, New York, and Salzburg. Selected filmography: Decorations (1989, short doc, Gold Medal for Directing at the Belgrade Documentary and Short FF), The Bird Lover (1993), Life Drawing (2001, short, Best Short Film Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival). His feature debut A Wonderful Night in Split won 23 awards, was nominated for the 2004 European Film Academy Discovery Award, and was declared the best Croatian film of the past five years. No One’s Son is Ostojić’s second feature.

Contacts

Arsen Anton Ostojić
Oporovecka 12, 10000, Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: +385 1 467 3548, + 385 98 414 981
Fax: n/a
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.arsenantonostojic.com, n/a

Alka Film
Dedici 21, 10000, Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: +385 1 467 4187
Fax: +385 1 467 4187
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.alka-film.hr

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	East of the West - Competition

Director:	Arsen Anton Ostojić
Screenplay:	Mate Matišić
Dir. of Photography:	Branko Linta, Slobodan Trninić
Music:	Mate Matišić
Editor:	Dubravko Slunjski
Producer:	Jozo Patljak
Production:	Alka Film
Cast:	Alen Liverić, Mustafa Nadarević, Biserka Ipša, Goran Grgič, Zdenko Jelčić
Contact:	Arsen Anton Ostojić, Alka Film

www:	www.arsenostojic.com

Guests

Arsen Anton Ostojić

Film Director, Film Director / Producer