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Sorry for Kung Fu
sorry for kung fu Museum of the Moving Image, Saturday, September 15, 8:00 p.m.

Director: Ognjen Svilicic

Original Language Oprosti za Kung Fu
Drama, 73min., 2004
Director: Ognjen Svilicic
Screenplay: Ognjen Svilicic
Production Company: HRT
Producer: Vesna Mort
US Distribution Company: Life Size Entertainment
Cast: Daria Lorenci, Filip Rados, Vera Zima, Luka Petrusic, Vedran Mlikota, Ivica Basic, and Yong Long Dai
Editor: Vjeran Pavlinic

Synopsis:

Mirjana is returning to Croatia from Germany where she spent some time as a refugee. She is pregnant. Now, when the war in Croatia is over and her visa expired, Mirjana is coming back to her family in a remote and devastated village. Her family is trying to move on with their lives after the war. They rebuild their house and they are trying to find a new husband for their pregnant daughter. Being patriarchal and devoted to their tradition they believe a woman needs to have a husband and a child has to have a father. Of course, the child and the father have to be of the same nationality. Problems start when Mirjana gives a birth to a boy with Asian features. The family and the neighbors are shocked. Mirjana's rigid father refuses to accept a grandchild of a different nationality, not to mention the one of a different race! Mirjana and her son are forced to leave. She returns only when her father falls seriously ill and requests to see his grandson before he dies.

Ognjen SvilicicDirector's biography:

Ognjen Svilicic
He was born in Split in 1971. He graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb 1997. He works mostly for TV. Svilicic is one of the most productive and most talented screenwriters of the new generation. Filmography: Da mi je biti morski pas (1999), Oprosti za kung fu (2004), Armin (2007).
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 September 2007 06:53 )