UK Premiere; presented with an online Q&A with directors Matija Gluščević and Dušan Zorić
Wheelchair accessible, English subtitles, Pay-what-you-can tickets (£0-£8)
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In their disturbing and surreal feature debut, directors Matija Gluščević and Dušan Zorić offer a striking psycho-narrative about a middle-aged mother set against the backdrop of 1990s’ Belgrade. Following a triptych structure, we enter the fantasies and frustrations of Draginja, lived out by alternative versions of herself, with each played by Ksenija Marinković. In the first part, Draginja works as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner saleswoman who witnesses a suicide in one of her clients’ homes; the second part sees Draginja steal a baby from a maternity clinic to show it off to her friends and family; in the last, Draginja wanders Belgrades’ streets at night, dancing in clubs and drinking, hoping to recover her lost memory. Gluščević and Zorić weave deft camera work with complex multi-narrative structure and visual style to create a dreamlike and bizarre cinematic experience.
Content notes: sexual violence, graphic sex, drug use, violence, death and blood, nudity
Access notes: bright flashing lights, sudden loud noises
Co-curated by Harriet Idle and Ilia Ryzhenko
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