THE PRIEST’S CHILDREN

COUNTRY: Croatia

YEAR/DURATION: 2013. • 96′

GENRE: comedy

Info

Synopsis

In order to help increase birth rate in a small town on a Dalmatian island, young priest Don Fabijan starts to pierce condoms before they are sold. He teams up with a simple-minded newsstand owner and a mad pharmacist, and the three of them secretly abolish contraception on the island. After the initial success, many births and marriages, things start to complicate. Finally, the bishop comes to the island and everything turns completely crazy.

Festivals and awards

Pulski filmski festival 2013 ― Zlatna Arena za najbolju sporednu ulogu
Thessaloniki International Film Festival ― Audience Award in the Balkan Survey section)
Festroia International Film Festival ― Golden Dolphin for Best Film

Trailer

About the director

Vinko Brešan (1964) studied philosophy and comparative literature, and film and TV directing. His low-budget feature debut, How the War Started on My Island (1996) became the biggest Croatian hit in the previous 20 years, with only Titanic achieving better box office results that year. His films Marshal Tito’s Spirit (1999) and Witnesses (2003) won awards at film festivals in Berlin and Karlovy Vary, while his fourth feature Will Not End There won the FIPRESCI award at Karlovy Vary. His sixth feature, What a Country!, drew more than 60,000 people to the cinemas. Brešan is also active as a theatre director. His production of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh was named the cultural event of Rijeka Summer Nights in 2005. The production of How the War Started on My Island by Ivo and Vinko Brešan won the audience award at Marulić Days festival in 2019. The TV series The Diary of the Great Perica, which he co-wrote and directed, won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Comedy and the Heart of Europe for Best Series in 2021.

Screening

• • AMBRELA – THURSDAY 20.7.2023.

    21:30

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