In the Jaws of Life (CinEast Festival)



Festival CinEast

In the Jaws of Life

U raljama života. Yougoslavie 1984| Rajko Grlić | vostEN | 95’ | digital | Cast : Vitomira Lončar, Gorica Popović, Bogdan Diklić, Semka Sokolović Bertok, Mira Furlan, Rade Šerbedžija, Miki Manojlović, Bata Živojinović

►Golden Arena, Meilleure Réalisation, Meilleure Musique, Festival de Pula; Prix ​​de la critique pour le "Meilleur film yougoslave 1984"

Štefica, a lonely woman from Zagreb struggling with weight and depression, changes her lifestyle with encouragement from a colleague and finds self-acceptance through three men. Filmmaker Dunja, dealing with her own romantic issues, directs a TV series based on Štefica’s story. This adaptation of Dubravka Ugrešić's novel Štefica Cvek In The Jaws Of Life was named Best Yugoslav Film of 1984, celebrating its 50th anniversary.

« Grlić’s films are a rarity in Yugoslavia: modern and witty stories of urban neurosis, mid- life crisis, upwardly-mobile media people, ex-convicts who cannot fit in and artists who have sold out. » (The Financial Times, Great Britain)