''Quit Staring at My Plate'' ( hr, Ne gledaj mi u pijat) is a 2016 Croatian-Danish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written and directed by
Hana Jušić
Hana Jušić (born 1983) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter.
A native of Šibenik, Jušić moved to Zagreb as a child. She majored in comparative literature and English studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universit ...
.
The film premiered in the Venice Days section at the
73rd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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, in which it was awarded the Fedeora Award for Best European Film.
It was selected as the Croatian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ...
, but it was not nominated.
Plot
After her domineering father has a stroke, a 24-year-old woman becomes the sole breadwinner of a family. She adjusts to her newfound role and the freedom that it gives. An overbearing responsibility of supporting her entitled mother and lazy older brother who the family has treated as disabled breaks and mends her from time to time.
Cast
* Mia Petričević as Marijana
* Nikša Butijer as Zoran
* Arijana Čulina as Vera
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Zlatko Burić as Lazo
* Karla Brbić as Andjela
* Bruna Bebić-Tudor as Ivana
* Marijana Mikulić as Katarina
See also
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References
External links
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2016 drama films
Danish drama films
Croatian drama films
2016 directorial debut films
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