Cinema
Rondo
Zvonimir Berković · 1966
Synopsis
One Sunday, Mladen, a refined bachelor judge, comes to the home of his friend the sculptor Feđa, in an attic in central Zagreb, to play chess all afternoon. There he meets Neda, Feđa's young wife, a student who is not interested in chess. In the evening they dine, talk about love, art and music, and the visit becomes a ritual. From week to week, the Mozart records that Mladen gives Neda bring them closer, and a triangle forms almost without their wishing it.
Context
The first feature film by its author, it was released in 1966 and runs ninety-five minutes. Photographed by Tomislav Pinter and edited by Radojka Tanhofer, it has music by Mozart, played by the pianist Jurica Murai. Where the screenplay of H-8 recalled the fugue, the director here pushes the modernist form further: the film borrows its structure from the rondo, the moves played on the chessboard reflect feelings, and a masked party breaks the monotony of the Sundays. Critics regard it as the best film by its author.
Who it is for
An hour and a half in black and white, three characters and one flat; a story made of returns and variations.
Prizes and reception
Silver Arenas for film, actor and actress at Pula; second in the 2020 survey of thirty-eight Croatian critics.
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