- Saturday, March 22 4:45 pm
- Sunday, March 23 12:15 pm
- Wednesday, March 26 2:15 pm
Savoy Theater
Saturday, March 22 at 4:45 pm SOLD OUT
Andrea Staka’s film tells the story of the friendship among three women from the former Yugoslavia. Reza left Belgrade more than 30 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence. Mila, a waitress there, is a good-humored Croatian woman who also emigrated decades ago. Unlike Reza, Mila dreams of returning, to a house on the Croatian coast. Both of them receive a jolt when Ana, a young, itinerant woman who has fled Sarajevo’s violence, breezes into the cafeteria looking for work. Reza hires her but is annoyed by Ana’s impulsive and spirited efforts to inject life into the cafeteria. But the acrimony dissipates as Ana begins to thaw Reza’s chill. Variety: “Sensitively drawn with special attention to characterization and tone, Andrea Staka’s prize winner FRAULEIN introduces a strong new voice in Swiss cinema. Informed by the director’s background as a Swiss citizen of Bosnian and Croatian heritage, the story explores questions of nationality, immigration and generational differences through the lives of its three main characters.” Sponsored by Terry Doran and Deb Richter. Community Partner: Vermont Council on World Affairs. Rated R, 81 minutes, in German and Serbo-Croatian with subtitles. Film website
Posted in 2008 Films & Events
