Sonja i bik
Sonja and the Bull
Sonja ist überzeugte Vegetarierin, Tierrechts-Aktivistin und entschlossene
Gegnerin des Stierkampf-Gesetzes in Kroatien. Während der Fernsehübertragung eines Stierkampfs beschuldigt sie die Besitzer
der Tiere als herzlos und brutal, doch diese verstehen genauso wenig Sonjas Einstellung wie die Zuschauer vor Ort und die
Menschen zu Hause vor dem Bildschirm. Der Streit zwischen beiden Parteien mündet schließlich in einer Wette, dass sich Sonja
niemals näher als drei Meter an den Stier herantrauen werde. Stipe, der Besitzer eines Stiers, pokert hoch und platziert einen
bizarren Wetteinsatz: seine Hoden …
The most controversial part of Croatia's Animal Protection Act is the section
that regulates bullfighting. Sonja, a city girl from Zagreb, a sworn vegetarian and animal rights activist, claims that bullfighting
is unnecessarily violent and she denounces the owners of the bulls as heartless. People living in the Dalmatian countryside
simply cannot understand Sonja's attitude. The more Sonja criticises the bull owners, the less inclined they are to listen.
Finally they conclude that no matter how passionately Sonja defends the rights of animals, she would not have the guts to
come closer than three meters to Garonja the bull. Stipe, Garonja’s owner, is so sure she will not do it that he places a
bizarre wager: his balls …
Director's Biography
VLATKA VORKAPIĆ graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts,
majoring in television and film directing, and from the Faculty of Philosophy, double majoring in comparative literature and
Czech language and literature, both in Zagreb. She directs and writes for television, theater and film. Vorkapić is the author
of a number of television documentaries and series, more than thirty documentary films, and two short films. SONJA I BIK (Sonja
and the Bull, 2012) is her first feature film. It was screened at the Pula Film Festival in 2012 where it won the Golden Arena
for Best Script.
Special 2013
Vlatka
Vorkapić
Kroatien 2012
color
102
Minuten
OmeU
Drehbuch
Vlatka Vorkapić, Elvis Bošnjak
Kamera
Dragan Marković
Schnitt Marin
Juranić
Mit
Judita Franković, Goran Bogdan, Dejan Aćimović, Ivo Gregurević, Elvis Bošnjak, Barbara Prpić, Csilla Barath Bastaić, Vladimir
Tintor
Produktion
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