Eric Cantona plays a Brazilian in a Croatian fairy tale. Yes, really. No, I don't know why either.
A fairy tale set in the bucolic countryside of Central Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Anka, an orphan girl, bravely sets off in the pursuit of a home, facing the hardships of life, and ultimately finds her place with the help of a magical world and its mysterious creatures.
Production
Gorgeous practical sets and period detail
Acting
Cvita Viljač carries the whole film
Director
Dejan Aćimović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a beloved Croatian children's book by Irena Vrkljan, which has been in print since 1978.
Eric Cantona's bizarre casting was a deliberate international co-production strategy to secure French distribution—he reportedly learned his lines phonetically.
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