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Just Between Us

Official Selection - Competition 2010 / Neka ostane medju nama / Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia 2010

Aging but still charismatic Nikola, played by the captivating Miki Manojlović, likes to share his bed with a number of women. But should he be punished for lying to his wife, or for mistreating his lover? A comically outspoken film about complex issues in contemporary society or: slow sperm are always good for a laugh.

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Synopsis

Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he’s even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken marriage behind him, he doesn’t have a clear conscience, either. Is there anything positive to be said about infidelity, or does it simply deserve the utmost contempt, particularly when it’s more premeditated than spontaneous? This tragicomic drama set in contemporary Zagreb sees the steady transformation of gratification and companionship into scorn and loneliness. The protagonists start out as likeable characters, but become increasingly less appealing; even so, the film doesn’t incite unequivocal derision. None of the male heroes has enough of a clean slate to be appointed a moral authority. Nor have the female characters, who’d be better off living without men – but they’d have to stop throwing themselves at them. However comic and light-hearted this mosaic of relationships appears to be, it also leaves behind a bitter taste as the film gradually exposes the emptiness which surrounds the characters outside of their romantic exploits.

About the film

89 min / Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Director Rajko Grlić / Screenplay Rajko Grlić, Ante Tomić / Dir. of Photography Slobodan Trninić / Music Alan Bjelinski, Alfi Kabiljo / Editor Andrija Zafranović / Producer Igor A. Nola / Production Mainframe Production / Cast Miki Manojlović, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić, Daria Lorenci, Ksenija Marinković / Contact WIDE
www: www.justbetweenusmovie.com

About the director

Rajko Grlić

Rajko Grlić (b. 1947, Zagreb) graduated from Prague’s FAMU in 1971 and has established himself as one of Croatia’s most prominent directors, with films screened at festivals all over the world. His comedy Bravo, Maestro (1978) won an award at Cannes, where the director’s next film was also shown, You Love Only Once (Samo jednom se ljubi, 1981). In addition to film direction and scripting, Grlić is Ohio Eminent Scholar in Film at Ohio University and is Artistic Director of the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia. He is also the artist behind the award-winning instructional CD-ROM How to Make Your Movie – An Interactive Film School. Grlić was involved in writing the screenplay for Just Between Us. He also works as a producer.

Contacts

WIDE
17 rue Cadet, 75009, Paris
France
Phone: +33 153 950 464
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Igor A. Nola
Producer

Rajko Grlić
Film Director

Ante Tomic
Screenwriter

Loic Magneron
Distributor, Sales Agent

Clémentine Hugot
Sales Agent

Natasa Dorcic
Actress

Ksenija Marinkovic
Actress

Bijan Navojec
Actor

Miroslav Pogelsek
Film Crew

Marijan Dugopoljac
Film Crew

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