- A story of sudden encounters, for one day, Masha, one middle- aged woman,and Danis, one middle-aged man. Two people who once loved, after nine years of painfull disagreement, they accidentally encounter and evoke memories.
- A story of sudden encounters, for one day, Massha, one middle- aged woman,and Danis, one middle-aged man. Two people who once loved, after nine years of painful disagreement, they accidentally encounter and evoke memories. This encounter between ex lovers was breaking away. Both goes at his side, and returned to its current life. This story is about truth , lies and secrets, film speaks about loneliness and inescapability.—Avvantura
- A story of sudden encounters, for one day, Massha, one middle- aged woman,and Danis, one middle-aged man. Two people who once loved, after nine years of painfull disagreement, they accidentally encounter and evoke memories. This encounter between ex lovers was breaking away. Both goes at his side, and returned to its current life. This story is about truth , lies and secrets, film speaks about loneliness and inescapability.—Avvantura
- A Film story about sudden encounter, before Christmas, during one day: Masha, pretty black haired woman, in her thirties, make up artist, who live alone, and Danis, good-looking guy in mid thirties, a native of Sarajevo, who recently lives in Zagreb, and works in successfull marketing agency. Two people who at once really like, now, after nine years, accidentally encounter the park and evoke common memories. Masha is accompanied by Jelena, a nine-year old nice girl,whom Danis is doubting if perhaps his daughter is. But Masha is denied him, saying that Jelena has almond eyes like her father, who is currently absent from a business trip in Turkey. Jelena immediately show interest to Danis, and asked by Masha about him. It is noticed that two strangers were immediately connected and how friendly they were to each other. At a time when Masha could again waken interest to Danis, Hrvoje, a handsome and successfull lawyer of the thirties,wearing an elegant coat, was suddenly join to the park. He himself represent to the Masha as a lawyer, gives her a visit card and ascertains, that she is a fatal Masha, whom Danis has be listening for the years. When Hrvoje leaves for his break, Masha finds that she has to take Jelena for a ballet dancing at Ballet School. Danis proposes to have a drink.
In Hospital, we met Victor, a handsome doctor of the thirties, an oncologist, who is sitting in his office, and watching someone's on- screen displays. Then Dr. Lela Mirkovich, his boss, a woman in the forties, looking for the glasses she leaves somewhere, enters the medical room. Victor adds her glasses, which she left on his desk. The boss is interesting in looking, with the state that a patient, whose screening has a tumor that has metastasized is inoperable and diagnosis his only six months of life. Victor worried states that it is not about any patient, but about his sister Masha. The Dr. removes the glasses, and with compassion looks at the colleague. Masha after leaving Jelena at the Ballet School, she goes to the Stone Gate, the old part of town, where she lit candles for her health. Stand in front of candles.The candle light reflects on her face. Masha and Danis are in the city. He's greeted with a cup of coffee.Masha smoke a cigarette. Danis find she still smoking. Masha says she has waived everything in the crisis except for coffee and cigarettes. Danis has been praised for not drinking for four years. She congratulate him, as he at least solved the mess. Danis is questioning about Mashas husband and alludes to not been his business trip in prison, as in the film " Father on Business Trip" ( Cannes Film Festival winner Palm'Dor 1985) of Emir Kusturica. Masha smiles and ask him if he is jealous?
During the walk around the city, Masha and Danis evoke many memories. Danis examines Masha, as she does not seem happy. Masha agrees that everything is fine. Danis looks at hers green eyes. Danis remains Masha of watching movies in pajamas. Let's find out that they did not have a same movie taste. Danis is a fan of "Star Wars", while Masha worships Almodovar and he, for her, watched " High Heels" five times.They laugh. Danis reminds Masha that once in Budapest she danced barefoot on a table in night cafe. She is embarrassed. She reminds him of how he once trow up in the middle of the hotel in Dubrovnik, and show penis on the beach to some ladies. Danis proudly states they had what to see. Masha points out that Danis is a typical man, immature like most of them. Like her brother Victor, most desirable bachelor in town, playing the Playstation all night long. Then they sit on the bench, where Danis eats desert with chocolate. He examines Masha about her mother. Masha tells that her mom is retired, but hyperactive, she got more energy then Danis and her together. At that moment Mashas cell phone ring, Mashas mom call. We seen Mashas mom in the kitchen,where she has prepared Christmas cakes. She informed her that she bought a favorite Mashas cheese, and she is in the course of Numeorology, then got two hours of Turkish language, to better track her series. Masha notifies her she will not reach her, because she has a conversation for a job. Mom regrets that neither a Victor, not she have time for her.
Danis asks Masha whether she is sorry she is not together anymore. Masha reminds him that they have interrupted their love affair because Danis was an alcoholic, who could not get rid of that mess. Masha remembered that he have deceived her with her best friend, while he said she had not been obliged to do so because she had cheated him with the ski instructor. Brother Victor all through Masha's time with Danis calls her cell phone to tell her his health is even worse. But she looks like she does not want to hear. Danis remembers how they could have a baby, and he would be the best dad in the world. Masha remembers that she lost her baby for stress. Danis shows her how he always carries a chain, that she gave him. He wandered if she was wearing a bracelet, his gift, but she claimed she had lost her. On returning from shopping for holidays, Hrvoje appears and asks Danis whether he stays with Masha or goes with him. Danis is indecisive. All three go to Jelenas Ballet School. Masha and Danis are greeted and hugged for goodbye. Both are on the verge for tears, they smell one another and are visibly emotionally broken. Danis is looking for hers contacts, claiming she will not get out of it, but Masha avoids.And she senses she is no longer sure she will be drawn again. Danis on leave says Masha that his address in Sarajevo is the same. Danis and Hrvoje are later found in the night park. Hrvoje examines Danis if Masha said that the two of them are in emotional relationship, but Danis says she would not understand it.
Masha is with Jelena and hers mom Tena, a fancy fashion editor in magazine. She asks how they were, Masha notes that the ballet class for Jelena us boring and that she already wanna dance yet " Sleeping Beauty". Tena reveals that tonight with Jelenas father, who is on business trip in Turkey, to talk on Skype. She calls Masha to the desert right now, but she refuses to get tired and can hardly wait to get out her home in the tub. Tena calls Masha to Christmas Eve dinner, but she claims to have decided to stay at home, with Almodovar's film and a cup of cocoa. Jelena and Tena leaves. Masha remains alone. She wraps her bracelet from the bag and puts it on her arm. Then got the phone call. Brother Victor is calling again. Masha finally answered, ready to face the truth...
"Several years ago , I met a beautifully woman in the thirties, with whom I spent several hours on the train. She was elegant, restrained, but when she heard me out of a the media, she was at first reserved, but in time she was more open and more conversant. At one point she said: " I did not have too much time anymore..." And she explained that she have deadly illness. That shocked me. Few years later, I decided to write a script. Where do I start? What's the story? Then I remembered this young woman from the train with the secret and her sentence that there was not enough time. According to her, I created imaginary figure of Masha, a woman with a secret, equally beautifull, mysterious, from a bourgeois family: a mother, retired pharmacist, a hyperactive, and a brother,doctor, most desirable man in town. I've decided a story that goes with that characters, on the same day,in the few hours, before Christmas holidays. I wrote a script about this woman and her sudden encounter with the man she most loved in life, who is not from the same town ( he is from Sarajevo), and she has not seen and heard for nine years. She is Masha, he is Danis. What happened in the meantime with there lives? Did Masha still have some time left? Are there any chances to renew their love bond? That's what my movie is about.
When I suggested this script to my producer and friend Sergej Stanojkovski, he contact me few days later ,after he red it and said: " I like this story, I think that lack of such small, intimate, urban film, and remained me of a poetics of some mine favorite movie makers, like Antonioni. Let's work". I shared adventure, with a lot of confidence that i was entrusted, as debutant in film directing, and we started...It was not always easy, but we always had a faith in this movie. And find people, professionals from Croatia and Slovenia who also believe in this project. And we shoot in our city of Zagreb, with low budget conditions, in just few days, at low temperature before Christmas, but with lots of love, positive energy, faith...
Today is movie " Don't Know Who We Are" in front of you. And I'm confident that this little, intimate, female story with a poetic camera and striking music,will make everybody feelgood and interpret in their own way." (Boris Homovec, Director)
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