Cure - The Life of Another
After her parents’ divorce, Linda moves with her Croatian doctor father
from the coddled security of Switzerland to post-siege Dubrovnik in 1993. It’s not an easy shift, and Linda feels fortunate
to have a friend in Eta. On a hot summer day, the two climb to the forests above the city. Eta goads Linda into telling her
about nonexistent sexual experiences; Linda kisses her, leading Eta to taunt her friend for being a virgin. Uncertain of her
feelings, Linda pushes Eta. From this moment, Linda imagines her friend’s ghost berating her, especially as Linda assumes
more and more of Eta’s life. (Jay Weissberg, Variety)
Director's Biography
Andrea Štaka, born in 1973 in Lucerne, Switzerland, is a Swiss
citizen of Bosnian and Croatian descent. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Zurich. Her first feature film DAS
FRÄULEIN won the Golden Leopard at Locarno Festival del Film, the Heart of Sarajevo, and the Swiss Film Award for Best Script.
In 2007, Štaka co-founded Okofilm Productions. CURE was screened at Locarno Festival del Film and awarded at the Filmfestival
Max Ophüls Preis. // Films (selection): HOTEL BELGRAD (1998, short), YUGODIVAS (2001, doc), DAS FRÄULEIN (2006), CURE – THE
LIFE OF ANOTHER (2014)
European Panorama 2015
Andrea Štaka
Switzerland / Croatia
/ Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014
color
83 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Andrea Štaka, Thomas Imbach, Marie Kreutzer
Cinematography Martin Gschlacht
Editing Tom La Belle
Sound/Sounddesign
Peter Bräker
Music Milica Paranosić
With Sylvie Marinkovićm, Lucia Radulović, Marija Škaričić, Mirjana Karanović,
Leon Lučev, Franjo Dijak, Maja Zećo
Producer(s)
Thomas Imbach, Andrea Štaka (Okofilm Productions) KoproduzentInnen / Co-Producers Leon Lučev (Živa Produkcija), Damir Ibrahimović,
Jasmila Žbanić (Deblokada)
Production
Okofilm
Productions Neugasse 10 8005 Zurich Switzerland T +41 44 241 95 67 info@okofilm.ch www.okofilm.ch Koproduktion / Co-Production
Živa Produkcija (HR), Deblokada (BA)