The Son
COMPETITION · CO-PRODUCTION · FICTION
2019 · 106 min · colour · DIGITAL· DCP · 1:1,85
Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
Croatian with Slovenian subtitles
| PRODUCER | Alem Babić |
| CO-PRODUCER | Rok Sečen, Sonja Prosenc |
| CO-PRODUCTION | Dokument Sarajevo (BiH), Monoo (SI), Spiritus Movens (HR), Luna Film (RO), Cut Up (MNE) |
Arman is an adopted child of Jasna and Senad, who later had a biological son. At 17, the soon-to-be-adult decides to discover his true identity and find his biological mother. While battling the demons of his past, Arman tries to protect his little brother from the challenges of living in modern Sarajevo –drugs, arms, and being lured to the battlefields of the Middle East. A story about a family breaking under the strain of its own tensions while struggling to survive in the contemporary Bosnian society.
| DIRECTED BY | Ines Tanović |
| WRITTEN BY | Ines Tanović |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Mitja Ličen, Zfs |
| MUSIC | Basheskia & Edward Eq |
| EDITED BY | Redžinald Šimek |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Mario Ivezić |
| COSTUME DESIGN | Sanja Džeba |
| SOUND DESIGN | Julij Zornik |
| MAKEUP ARTIST | Tina Šubic Dodočić |
| CAST | Dino Bajrović (Arman), Snežana Bogdanović (Jasna), Uliks Fehmiu (Senad), Mir Hadžihafizbegović (Deda), Jasna Ornela Bery (Nana), Lidija Kordić (Analuna), Hamza Ajdinović (Dado), Jernej Kogovšek (Samir) |
Director’s statement:
As a mother of two teenagers, I wanted to make a film that draws on my own experience of raising children in modern Sarajevo.
