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Home of the Resistance

2018 · 49 min

A quiet, reflective documentary that lingers on a forgotten building and the people who remember, evoking loss and resilience.

Overview
In 1974 communist authorities built the so-called ‘Memorial Home for WWII Resistance Fighters and Youth of Yugoslavia’ in Kumrovec, a tiny rural hometown of the legendary president Marshal Tito. In 1991, when Yugoslavia collapsed 11 years after Tito’s death and the Croatian War of Independence started, the Memorial Home was closed, and it remained closed until today. Several attempts to repurpose the building have failed. Still, some fighters remain...

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • politics
  • aging
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action0
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ivan Ramljak
Written by
Ivan Ramljak
Starring
Ana Antolić, Zlatko Blažičko, Zvonko Broz, Dragica Fekeza, Jasminka Pratengrazer, Viktor Štvanek
Cinematography
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Runtime
49 min
Country
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Languages
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