The Croatian-Czech-Romanian coproduction written by Marinković is, as he told FNE, a film with "modern absurd and classic Gogolian motifs" inspired by the Croatian Family Law. "If the law abolishes distinctions between marital and non-marital union, what will happen to the pension of Croatian soldiers’ widows if they now live in non-marital unions with new partners?" the director wondered after reading an article about the changes in the Family Law.
Ministarstvo ljubavi/The Ministry of Love is produced by Stanislav Babić through Telefilm, in coproduction with Julietta Sichel through the Czech company 8 Heads Productions and Tudor Giurgiu through the Romanian company Libra Film. Negotiations with a French production company are underway.
The budget is around 1 m EUR, Marinković told FNE. The project received a project development grant of 14,300 EUR/110,000 HRK from the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. It received a script development grant of 4,582 EUR/35,000 HRKfrom HAVC in April 2013. The script has been selected at the 8th edition of Scripteast, 2013/2014 and participated in the Baltic Event in December 2013.
The main character will be played by the Czech actor Jan Budar, former Berlinale Shooting Star. The director told FNE that he plans to work with the Romanian DoP Andrei Butică (Child's Pose). Shooting will take place in Zagreb and Southern Croatia.
Production information
Telefilm
Antuna Vramca 4
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 (0)1 4818 843
Fax: +385 (0)1 4818 839
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8Heads Productions s.r.o.
Bílkova 868/10
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
+420 602 292 971
info(at)8heads.com
www.8heads.com
twitter: 8headsprod
Libra Film
52 Popa Soare Str., Et.1, Ap.4 Sector 2,
Bucharest, Romania
Phone/Fax:+40 213266480
+40 213260268
www.librafilm.net
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Credits
Director: Pavo Marinković
Script: Pavo Marinković
Cast: Jan Budar
