Young Croatian filmmaker Hana Jusic's first feature film -
Quit Staring at My Plate has shown on Tbilisi, Stockholm and Venice International Film Festivals etc. At Venice FF it won the Fedeora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean Film. Jusic have made directorial debut with short film 'Smart Girls' (2010). Then she directed three another short films and was approached by Croatian production company to film segment contribution to 'Kratki spojevi' (2013).
Strong, dramatic and honest film around young girl Marijana's (Mia Petricevic) life. She lives with her parents and disabled brother. They live on top of one another in a tiny apartment. Marijana's dominant father has a stroke and is left completely bedridden. Marijana takes over his role as the head of the family. Then she's working two jobs for to taking care of her irresponsible mother and mentally disabled brother. She doesn't live like other girls of the same age. Soon Marijana finds comfort to explore her sexuality with random strangers. It gives her a taste of freedom. Hana Jusic is a filmmaker full of promise, who made a challenging, deeply troubling and intense film about social problems. Mia Petricevic's performance is one of the most impressive thing about the film, doubly so when we consider that it was her debut role. Film'll show at Belgrade Film Festival on February 28, 2017.
