Belladonna | |
Director: | Dubravka Turić |
Producer: | Zdenka Gold |
Cinematography: | Branko Linta |
Editing: | Dubravka Turić |
Runtime: | 18 minutes |
Country: | Croatia |
Language: | Croatian |
Belladonna is a 2015 Croatian drama film written and directed by Dubravka Turić.[1] It was awarded Best Short Film at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2] [3] It was also screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[4]
Three women of different ages and backgrounds meet in the waiting room of an ophthalmologist's office. As the two older women converse with one another, the younger Sasha learns of their experiences of tragedy, and although she develops a sense of closeness and connection with them, she loses the opportunity to share it with them before they go their separate ways.