Croatian Film Screenings 2007/2008 in New York and Boston

We are proud to continue monthly screenings featuring

a selection of films from the Croatian cinema of the last decade. 

The Doors Art Foundation presents upcoming film screenings 2007/2008

at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, New York, every first Thursday

of the month and at the Coolidge Corner Theater, Boston, every last

Saturday of the month.

This unique project is a result of a creative collaboration between

The Doors Art Foundation, the Croatian film critic Jurica Pavicic,

The New England Friends of Croatia, the featured distribution companies

and Croatian filmmakers.

For more information please visit our new website.

Slow Days

Thursday, November 15, 7:00 pm

Two Boots Pioneer Theater

  155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A) / NYC / (212) 591-0434

Tickets: $10.00 adults, $6.50 members

Seating is limited so we encourage you to buy your tickets in advance.

Director: Matija Klukovic

Original Language Title: Ajde dan prodi

Drama, 102 min., 2006

Production Company: Focusmedia, VPK

Producer: Irena Markovic

Screenplay: Matija Klukovic

Director of Photography: Bojana Burnac

Editor: Matija Klukovic

Music: Darko Markovic, Charles Mingus, Blamaz Electroniq

In Croatian with English subtitles.

Cast:Visnja Pesic, Filip Suster, Marija Kohn, Ivan Dzaja, Petra Tezak, Nina Benovic, Petra Kurtela, Asja Jovanovic, Jelena Hadzi-Manev, Mia Oremovic, Stjepan Jimmy Stanic, Borivoj Radakovic, Simona Dimitrov-Palatinus, Leon Demsar, Antonija Stanisic, Matija Klukovic, Stjepan Matausic, Andrea Rumenjak, Predrag Raos, Milovanka Benovic, Ognjen Svilicic, Irena Markovic, Vilena Kosutic

Synopsis:

Drama collage structured as a mosaic tracks twenty characters related by friendship or family or by absolutely nothing, while they waste time complaining about the situation in the country, dealing with equanimity and fantasizing about going abroad and experiencing better opportunities. By doing this they are actually not doing anything. Martin suffers from insomnia. He is starting 8t" grade in primary school for the third time; his mother (Martina) can not wait to visit her husband who is in Switzerland . In cafe bar "Vegos" Martin is getting his drinks from a Waitress obsessed with rearranging furniture which drives her landlords crazy. Neighbor Sanja comes to live with her insufferable grandparents after living in Germany for five years. Her Grandma is old and can not wait to die, while her Grandpa wants to set a new record in long living. Tamara is Sanja's self- conscious cousin whose poem "People who have time' won the first prize on a county contest for best poem. Tamara's only friend Marta is a potential suicide case for not having a reason to do such a thing. Tamara's mentors are a theatre actress Anita and her older brother Matija who with his friend Stjepan hitchhikes around Europe and the world selling copies of Matija's late father's paintings. Martin s aunt Jadranka and her lover Alen try to create a relationship based on mutual distrust. Martin's second aunt Ana reveals to the kid a technique how to put somebody to sleep which he later tries on his classmates. One of his younger classmates is Karla, Anita's twelve- year- old granddaughter who observes old people around her and wonders: Why all those people talk so loud and seem so unsatisfied?

Directions:

Subways

- F or V train to Lower East Side / Second Avenue . Exit toward 1st Avenue . Walk north (away from Houston ) to 3rd street , then east just past Avenue A to 155 East 3rd.

Buses

- 9 or 21 bus to Houston Street and Avenue A. Walk north to 3rd Street . Turn east and go a few doors down to 155 East 3rd.

- 14A bus to 3rd street and Avenue A.

- The 8 and 15 buses also come relatively close, as do these trains: 6 ( Bleecker Street station), B and D ( Grand Street ), JMZ (Delancey / Essex), and L ( 1st Ave ).