Feature film
The Raft of Medusa
Splav Meduze
Karpo Aćimović Godina · 1980
Synopsis
In the twenties, shortly after the birth of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, two schoolteachers, the Slovene Kristina and the Serb Ljiljana, run a village school alone, lost in the plain of Vojvodina, and dream of a new life in a big city. The passing of a troupe of artists from Belgrade, led by Micić, who preaches Zenitism, between Dadaist performance and political agitation, decides them to follow it. On the roads, the troupe gives performances before bewildered audiences that are part music-hall and part propaganda.
Context
The screenplay is by Branko Vučićević; Godina himself signed the cinematography and the editing, and the music is by Predrag and Mladen Vranešević. Olga Kacjan and Vladislava Milosavljević play the two schoolteachers, Boris Komnenić the leader of the troupe. Produced by Viba film and Belgrade television, the film was released on 10 July 1980 and was shown the same year at Pula and Mannheim. Its title refers to the wreck of the French frigate. Questioned by the daily Delo, Slovenian critics voted it best Slovenian film of all time two years running.
Who it is for
A black comedy of an hour and forty minutes on the avant-gardes of the twenties, steeped in Dadaism and Surrealism.
Prizes and reception
Milton Manaki Critics' Prize at Pula in 1980, for direction, photography and editing; Badjura gold plaque the same year.
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