Completed - SERBIAN - Drama - 90 minutes
Three ‘users’—children born with intellectual disabilities, abandoned by their families and placed in specialized institutions—face a potentially tragic love triangle when Robert, the melancholic teenager who often hurts himself, and Dragana, his faithful and loving friend, are joined in the home by Marija, the new user with a rather aggressive demeanor.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Ivan IKIC Cast : Goran BOGDAN, Marusa MAJER, Marijana NOVAKOV, Tijana MARKOVIC, Valentino ZENUNI Producer(s) : Milan STOJANOVIĆ, Marija STOJANOVIĆ
‘The users’ is a label given to children born with intellectual disabilities, abandoned by their families, and placed in specialized institutions (homes) where most of them spend their entire lives. The film tells the story of 3 teenage ‘users’ who form an unlikely bond—Robert, the melancholic teenager who often hurts himself; Dragana, his faithful and loving friend; and Marija, a new user with a rather aggressive demeanor. When Marija joins the home, she both falls in love with Robert, and instantly becomes best friends with Dragana, creating a potentially tragic love triangle.
Country(ies) : SERBIA, NETHERLANDS, SLOVENIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, FRANCE
El Gouna Film Festival 2020