Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto
Croatia 2022
Directed by Juraj Lerotić, drama, 102 min, eng subtitles, 16+
Written by Juraj Lerotić
With Snježana Sinovčić šiškov, Juraj Lerotić, Goran Marković
The story follows Damir, who is trying to take his own life, while his brother and mother desperately try to save him. Everything happens over a period of just 24 hours. A traumatic event that creates a rift in the family’s everyday existence. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. Will they succeed?
A remarkable debut that has received laurels from this year's film festivals at Locarno and Sarajevo, Safe Place is a powerful and tense psychological drama that deals with its serious topic from a sincere point of view belonging to those indirectly affected by it. The source of the story is autobiographical, which is highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself.
Awards:
Locarno IFF 2022 (Best Actor, Best Emerging Director, Best First Feature in Cineasti del presente)
Sarajevo FF 2022 (Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film and Best Actor)