Anamarija starts her job as a counsellor at a new school. Together with her, the viewers begin to appreciate what kind of people the staffroom teachers are, they witness the petty conflicts and also uncover the power games that go on behind the scenes. This self-assured debut from Sonja Tarokić about the individual's struggle within the system and the sheer effort required to preserve one’s integrity, also presents a complex study of an institution whose employees have taken on one of the most responsible roles an adult can have – to educate future generations.
Acting
Marina Redžepović's restrained, volcanic performance
Direction
Tarokić's merciless observation of microaggressions
Writing
Dialogue so natural you forget it's scripted
Director
Sonja Tarokić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tarokić based the script on her mother's experiences as a school counselor in post-Yugoslav Croatia, where educational institutions became battlegrounds for political patronage.
The 4:3 aspect ratio wasn't just aesthetic—Tarokić wanted viewers to feel trapped in the same claustrophobic institutional spaces as Anamarija, with no cinematic escape.
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