Jakov Zovko

Février 1993, Strpci, Bosnie-Herzégovine. Un train de passagers est stoppé par les forces paramilitaires qui arrêtent des civils innocents. Sur les cinq cents passagers, un seul décide de s’y opposer. L’histoire vraie d’un homme qui ne pouvait pas rester silencieux.

Ema is a first-year acting student. While grocery shopping, she encounters Jakov, an already-established young actor. Jakov offers to help her with a self-tape audition and they agree to meet at her place later that day.

In 19th-century Montenegro, the free mountain territories are surrounded by Turkish forces, isolated from the West and steeped in conservatism, patriarchy, and superstition. Morlak, a poet and bishop inspired by the historical figure Petar II Petrović Njegoš, leads his tribe in resisting the invaders. Gravely ill, he is sent to southern Italy in search of a cure. The journey takes him to a house in Naples, a city that contrasts sharply with his homeland’s isolated hills. As Morlak contemplates his existence, his loyal servant Djuko struggles with profound nostalgia, driven by the fear of his master’s death in a foreign land.

Ema is a first-year acting student. While grocery shopping, she encounters Jakov, an already-established young actor. Jakov offers to help her with a self-tape audition and they agree to meet at her place later that day.