Something About Life

Synopsis

There are eight underaged girls living together in the last house of a small village in Slavonia, trying to change their lives around with some help from the caretakers. The girls are growing up together; they take care of the household and manage the estate. Every week they get a visit from a professional drummer Branko Trajkov Trak who teaches them the art of drumming. But a newcomer, 14 years old Ivana, refuses to play drums. Why?

Director Biography

Nebojša Slijepčević was born in 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2005 he graduated with Film Directing from the Academy of Drama and Art, also in Zagreb. He directed numerous TV documentaries and series (Direkt, Staying Alive, City Folk), but also creative and author driven documentaries (In 4 Years, Real Man’s Film, Of Cows and People) for which he received awards from various festivals.