Iva and Marija, a young lesbian couple, rent an apartment in Zagreb, in a building that seems to provide a quiet and safe environment for their love, but over time the atmosphere in the building becomes more and more threatening. The elder landlady Olga dominates the building. Other tenants include her calm husband, her grown-up son Daniel who has a crush on Iva, the prostitute Lidija, an abused housewife, a widower keeping the corpse of his newly deceased wife, a gynecologist performing abortions in one flat of the house, and an ex-soldier who regularly plays martial music at night. After Olga finds out that Iva and Marija are lesbians, the situation escalates .
Direction
Matanic turns a Zagreb apartment into a pressure cooker.
Production
77 minutes of pure economic dread—no fat, all fear.
Director
Dalibor Matanić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first Croatian films to center a lesbian relationship, released when homosexuality was still deeply stigmatized in post-Yugoslav society. The building itself mirrors a fractured nation.
Director Dalibor Matanić originally wanted even darker tones, but producers pushed back—meaning what you see is the 'light' version.
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