Croatia has selected Hana Jusic's quirky family drama Quit Staring at My Plate as its candidate for best foreign-language film in the Oscars.
The film, featuring newcomer Mia Petricevic as Marijana, a young woman driven crazy by the too-close confines of family life in a tiny, cramped apartment, is writer-director Jusic's first solo feature, though she participated in the ensemble-directed Transmania last year.
The film, which premiered in the Venice Days section at the Venice Film Festival last year, follows Marijana's despair after her controlling father suffers a stroke and she becomes the family's main breadwinner. Driven to the verge...
The film, featuring newcomer Mia Petricevic as Marijana, a young woman driven crazy by the too-close confines of family life in a tiny, cramped apartment, is writer-director Jusic's first solo feature, though she participated in the ensemble-directed Transmania last year.
The film, which premiered in the Venice Days section at the Venice Film Festival last year, follows Marijana's despair after her controlling father suffers a stroke and she becomes the family's main breadwinner. Driven to the verge...
- 9/1/2017
- by Nick Holdsworth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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