She's supposed to save her. She falls for her instead. Yugoslavia said 'no thanks' to this.
Acting
Šovagović-Despot's trembling restraint. You feel everything she cannot say.
Direction
Krelja shoots Zagreb like a fever dream of repression.
Director
Petar Krelja
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yugoslav censors demanded cuts that made the romance ambiguous. Krelja refused; the film was buried.
Anja Šovagović-Despot later became Croatia's most celebrated stage actress. This was her only queer role.
YU
