The Constitution (film)

The Constitution
The Constitution
Directed by	Rajko Grlić
Written by	Rajko Grlić; Ante Tomić;
Produced by	Ivan Maloča
Starring	Nebojša Glogovac; Ksenija Marinković; Dejan Aćimović; Božidar Smiljanić; Mladen Hren;
Cinematography
Edited by	Andrija Zafranović
Music by	Duke Bojadziev
Release date	August 2016 (Montreal World Film Festival);
Languages	Croatian; Serbian
Budget	HRK 4 million (c. €530,000)

The Constitution (Croatian: Ustav Republike Hrvatske, lit. 'The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia') is a 2016 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić, starring Nebojša Glogovac, Ksenija Marinković, Dejan Aćimović, and Božidar Smiljanić.

Plot[]

The film is a story of four people who live in the same apartment building in downtown Zagreb, but are wary of each other because they don't share the same ethnic and religious backgrounds and sexual preferences. Vjeko Kralj (Nebojša Glogovac), a high school professor and a transvestite, is beaten in the street by a group of hooligans. In the hospital, he accidentally meets his neighbor Maja Samardžić (Ksenija Marinković), who works there as a nurse. After Vjeko is released, she continues to look after him and his dying father. She then asks Vjeko to help her husband Ante (Dejan Aćimović), who is a police officer, to pass the Croatian Constitution exam. Problems soon arise because Ante is an ethnic Serb, while Vjeko is an ardent Croatian nationalist. Slowly and painfully, they begin to open and recognize each other as human beings.

Reception[]

The film won the Grand Prix des Amériques in 2016.^[2]^[3]

Sources[]

^ "Rajko Grlić: Moj film je priča o ljudima koji se gotovo ne podnose, ali koje život tjera u međusobnu ovisnost". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Ante Tomić, suscenarist nagrađenog filma 'Ustav Republike Hrvatske': Transvestiti nisu slabići nego odvažniji od većine (in Croatian)
^ Croatian film The Constitution wins at Montreal

Popularni beogradski glumac odabrao je Telegram za svoj prvi intervju o novom hrvatskom filmu (in Croatian)

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[SD-1] "Rajko Grlić: Moj film je priča o ljudima koji se gotovo ne podnose, ali koje život tjera u međusobnu ovisnost". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[SD-Tomic-2] Ante Tomić, suscenarist nagrađenog filma 'Ustav Republike Hrvatske': Transvestiti nisu slabići nego odvažniji od većine (in Croatian)

[cineuropa-3] Croatian film The Constitution wins at Montreal

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v t Films directed by Rajko Grlić
Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (1974) Bravo Maestro (1978) You Love Only Once (1981) In the Jaws of Life (1984) Three for Happiness (1985) That Summer of White Roses (1989) Charuga (1991) Josephine* (2001) The Border Post (2006) Just Between Us (2010) The Constitution (2016)
^* Never released to theatres.