FATHER
synopsis
A small town in Serbia. Nikola, day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care. Despite Nikola’s best efforts and several appeals, the head of the social services centre refuses to return his children and his situation seems hopeless. But when Nikola discovers the local administration may be corrupt, he decides to travel across Serbia on foot and take his case directly to the national ministry in Belgrade. Against all odds and driven by love and despair, this father refuses to give up on justice and his right to raise his children.
international title: | Father |
original title: | Otac |
country: | Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Srdan Golubovic |
film run: | 120' |
screenplay: | Srdan Golubovic, Ognjen Sviličić |
cast: | Goran Bogdan, Boris Isaković, Nada Šargin, Milica Janevski, Muharem Hamzić, Ajla Šantić, Vahid Džanković, Jovo Maksic, Milan Maric, Nikola Rakočević |
cinematography by: | Aleksandar Ilic |
film editing: | Petar Marković |
art director: | Goran Joksimovic |
costumes designer: | Ljiljana Petrovic |
producer: | Jelena Mitrović, Čedomir Kolar, Alexander Ris, Marc Baschet, Danis Tanović, Boris T. Matić, Lana Matic, Danijel Hočevar, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Adis Djapo |
co-producer: | Meinolf Zurhorst, Olivier Père, Rémi Burah |
production: | Film House Bas Celik, ASAP Films, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion GmbH, Propeler Film, Vertigo, SCCA/PRO.BA - Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art |
backing: | Eurimages |