Have You Seen This Woman?
Serbian drama fantasy film by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević
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Have You Seen This Woman? (Serbian: Да ли сте видели ову жену?, Da li ste videli ovu ženu?) is a 2022 Serbian-Croatian fantasy drama film directed by Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević.[2] It stars Ksenija Marinković[3] as Draginja, a middle-aged woman trapped in the roles which patriarchal society tries to impose on her.[4] The film is the directing duo's feature debut.[5]
- Dušan Zorić
- Matija Gluščević
- Dušan Zorić
- Matija Gluščević
- Ksenija Marinković
- Isidora Simijonović
- Boris Isaković
- Alex Elektra
- Ivana Vuković
- Vlasta Velisavljević
- Goran Bogdan
- Jasna Đuričić
- Radoje Čupić
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| Produced by | Čarna Vučinić |
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| Edited by | Olga Košarić |
| Music by | Stipe Škokić - DJ Jock |
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Running time | 79 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Serbian |
Have You Seen This Woman? premiered at the 37th International Critics' Week of the 79th Venice International Film Festival[6][7] on September 8, 2022.[1]
The film features the final performance of the late Vlasta Velisavljević.[8][9]
Cast
- Ksenija Marinković as Draginja
- Isidora Simijonović as Mala
- Boris Isaković as Zoran
- Alex Elektra as Tina
- Ivana Vuković as Mila
- Vlasta Velisavljević as Dad
- Goran Bogdan as Macan
- Jasna Đuričić as Jagoda
- Radoje Čupić as Draginja's husband
- Olga Odanović
- Marko Vasiljević
- Isidora Minić
- Tatjana Venčelovski
- Milica Mihajlović
- Miloš Timotijević as Draginja's brother
- Miloš Samolov
- Bojan Žirović
- Miloš Pantić
Production
During production, the film was known under the working title Metamorphoses (Serbian: Метаморфозе, Metamorfoze) and it took over six years to complete.[4][10] The project participated in the First Cut Lab consultancy programme, where it was mentored by Radu Jude, among others.[11] It also took part in the First Cut + workshop at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[12][13] and it won the image post-production award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival Agora Works-in-progress 2019.[14][15]
Reception
Have You Seen This Woman?, described by the delegate general of the Venice International Film Critics' Week Beatrice Fiorentino as "the most incredibly unsettling film in the selection",[16] opened in Venice to positive reviews.
Screen Daily described the film as "intriguing and often disconcerting" and pointed at Ksenija Marinković's "committed, sensitive and big-hearted" performance.[17]
Italian newspaper Il manifesto said that the three Draginja's in the film played by the "excellent Ksenija Marinković" are "three symbols of an unstoppable decline, of a radical loneliness" and called the film "a remarkable debut".[18]
Cineuropa underlined the film's surprising narrative, "one of the driving forces" of an "emotionally engaging film".[19]
Accolades
| Event | Category | Recipients | Result |
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| Venice International Film Festival | Lion of the Future - Luigi de Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film | Have You Seen This Woman? | Nominated |
| Grand Prize Settimana Internazionale della Critica | Have You Seen This Woman? | Nominated | |
| Authors Under 40 - Special Mention | Olga Košarić (editor) | Won[20] | |
| Belgrade Auteur Film Festival | Grand Prix Aleksandar Saša Petrović | Have You Seen This Woman? | Won[21] |
| World Film Festival of Bangkok | Best director | Dušan Zorić & Matija Gluščević (directors) | Won[22] |
| Pula Film Festival | Golden Arena for Best Actress (Croatian Minority Productions) | Ksenija Marinković | Won[23] |
| Golden Arena for Best Cinematography (Croatian Minority Productions) | Aleksa Radunović, Marko Kažić & Milica Drinić | Won[24] | |
| Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films | ZINEBI First Film Award for Best Film | Dušan Zorić & Matija Gluščević | Nominated[25] |
| Euro-Balkan Film Festival | Best Actress | Ksenija Marinković | Won[26] |