Director
Mila Turajilic
Year
2017
Duration
104 min
Language
Serbian
Subtitles
Arabic/English
“If I really am a Freedom Fighter, the freedom I have won is the worst failure of my life” -- Srbijanka Turajlić (my mother)
A locked door inside a Belgrade apartment has kept one family separated from their past for over 70 years. As the filmmaker begins an intimate conversation with her mother, the political fault line running through their home reveals a house and a country haunted by history. The chronicle of a family in Serbia turns into a searing portrait of an activist in times of great turmoil, questioning the responsibility of each generation to fight for their future.
Festivals: IDFA (Best Feature-length Documentary), Toronto International Film Festival, Double Exposure, DOC NYC