MATER

 
The feature-length debut from Jure Pavlović, whose acclaimed short ‘PICNIC’ won the European Film Academy Award (EFA) for the Best European short film in 2015, MATER is an intimate and unflinching portrayal of a complex Mother-Daughter relationship enduring it’s final days and hours.

In MATER, Jasna returns to her childhood home in order to care for her dying mother. Transplanted from her family life in Germany and caring for her own young children, she is called home to Croatia, where she finds herself enveloped in a very different and quickly suffocating environment. Stubborn, confrontational and perhaps even manipulative, Jasna’s mother does not make her daughter’s return easy. Jasna calls on family members, old friends and carers in an attempt to provide comfort in these final days. Instead, she realises that she must navigate a tangled web of grudges dating back to her own childhood, hoping to find a semblance of peace.

Director: Jure Pavlović
Producers: Bojan Kanjera, Biljana Tutorov, Jure Pavlović
Co-producers: Quentin Laurent (Producer – France), Srđan Šarenac (Producer – Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Associate Co-producers: Veronika Kuhrova (CR), Michal Kračmer (CR), Louise Bellicaud (FR), Claire Charles-Gervais (FR)
Screenplay: Jure Pavlović
Cinematography: Jana Plećaš
Editing: Jure Pavlović, Dragan von Petrović
Production Design: Jana Plećaš
Costume Design: Katarina Zaninović
Make Up Artist: Jasna Rossini
Sound Designer: Martin Semenčić
 

MAIN CAST
JASNA – Daria Lorenci-Flatz
ANKA – Neva Rošić