A statue comes to life, but the paperwork won't let him leave.
The story of the film follows Lazar, who, after a number of years spent as a traveling street artist, playing motionless sculpture, found himself on a small Mediterranean island. He longs to return home, but his departure from the island is complicated by the island bureacracy.
Acting
Bosiljčić's physical stillness speaks louder than dialogue.
Direction
Jović turns waiting rooms into psychological horror.
Cinematography
Paradise visually, prison practically.
Director
Ivan Jović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film directly references post-Yugoslav bureaucratic legacies, where citizenship and movement remain politically fraught decades later.
Jović cast actual street performers; Bosiljčić trained for months to hold positions that appear in the film's opening.
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