Zapelji me

Marko Šantić : 2013
Seduce Me

After Luka's mother abandoned him when he was 10, he spent nine years in a children's home. His father died in a car accident when he was small. He's 19 now and expected to stand on his own feet. He moves into a tiny flat and finds work in an abattoir, where he meets Ajda. The bubbly, carefree girl is the very opposite of reserved, solemn Luka, who falls for her immediately. Buoyed up by Ajda's energy, Luka finds the courage to contact his mother and visit her in the country. But the encounter is upsetting: Luka is not made welcome and learns, after asking to see his father's grave, that the car accident was a fabrication. His father is alive, and has a new family. Troubled and confused, Luka seeks refuge in his relationship with Ajda. But his happy-go-lucky girlfriend turns out to be harbouring a dark secret of her own. A touching love story and a vivid portrait of a generation negotiating the path to adulthood with no assistance from parents or society. Marko Šantić's feature debut premiered at Slovene Film Festival 2013 where it won the Vesna for Best Director. His film screened in competition at goEast Film Festival Wiesbaden 2014.