Ruža left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of repetitive moments until, one day, Ana arrives on the scene and upsets Ruža's painstakingly organized world. A subtle friendship develops between the two strong willed women.
Acting
Karanović's face holds three decades of unshed tears.
Direction
Štaka lets Zurich's sterility crush against Balkan warmth.
Cinematography
Cafeteria fluorescence never looked this lonely.
Director
Andrea Štaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Štaka based Ruža on her own mother's generation of Yugoslav immigrant women who built Swiss lives on buried war trauma.
Marija Škaričić was reportedly cast after Štaka saw her smoking exactly like her own rebellious cousin.
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