Synopsis

The feature-length debut from Jure Pavlović, whose acclaimed short ‘PICNIC’ won the European Film Academy Award (EFA) for the Best European short film in 2015, MATER is an intimate and unflinching portrayal of a complex Mother-Daughter relationship enduring it’s final days and hours.

In MATER, Jasna returns to her childhood home in order to care for her dying mother. Transplanted from her family life in Germany and caring for her own young children, she is called home to Croatia, where she finds herself enveloped in a very different and quickly suffocating environment. Stubborn, confrontational and perhaps even manipulative, Jasna’s mother does not make her daughter’s return easy. Jasna calls on family members, old friends and carers in an attempt to provide comfort in these final days. Instead, she realises that she must navigate a tangled web of grudges dating back to her own childhood, hoping to find a semblance of peace.

Produced by

NoviFilms (BH)

Wake Up Films (Serbie)

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In coproduction with

Les Films de l’œil sauvage (France)

Sekvenca (Croatie)

With the support of 

CNC et Institut Français - Aide aux Cinémas du Monde

Centre Audiovisuel Croate (HAVC)

Fondation du Cinéma de Bosnie-Herzégovine

Centre du Cinéma Serbe

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