Documentary film KUPICA - Triko Cirkus Teatar · The!band!is!very! heterogeneous:!Draž,!a...

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Documentary film KUPICA (64 min., 2012.) Director: Mario Vrbančić Camera: Mario Vrbančić Researchers: Mario Vrbančić, Tomislav Pletenac, Senka Božić, Aneta Mudronja Editor: Senka Božić Designer: Aneta Mudronja

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Documentary film  KUPICA  

   

(64  min.,  2012.)    

Director:    Mario  Vrbančić  

Camera:  Mario  Vrbančić  Researchers:    

Mario  Vrbančić,  Tomislav  Pletenac,    

Senka  Božić,  Aneta  Mudronja  

Editor:  Senka  Božić  Designer:  Aneta  Mudronja  

                                 

 

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SYNOPSIS      

     The  documentary  focuses  on  Kupica  -­‐  a  small  pub  in  the  city  of  Zagreb,  run  by  a  woman  called  Barbara.  It  follows  an  unofficial  pub  band  run  by  Saša  and  their  performances  on  Fridays.                                    

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   The  band  is  very  heterogeneous:  Draž,  a  violinist  who  used  to  play  country  music  and  swigs  back  alcohol;  Tom,  a  university  professor  (anthropology)  who  wants  to  write  an  ethnography  of  place;  Tibor,  a  student  who  is  nostalgic  for  days  gone  by  and  old  city  songs;  and  Edin,  a  human  rights  ac\vists  who  has  lost  his  job.                          

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As  they  perform  their  hybrid  repertoire  -­‐  from  old  folk  songs  to  rock  and  blues  -­‐  they  contemplate  the  Kupica  and  what  it  means  to  them  and  to  the  other  visitors.  Their  enjoyment  is  unques\onable  and  their  performances,  observed  by  passersby  and  the  people  who  wait  on  the  nearby  tram  sta\on,  seem  absurd  and  out  of  place.                                    

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   Kupica  is  a  kind  of  Eastern  European  Social  Club  in  which  the  marginalized,  the  forgo_en,  the  alcoholics,  and  the  lonely  shout  for  joy  in  the  midst  of  depression.  Nobody  can  explain  the  mystery  of  their  enjoyment.                                  

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 There  is  a  sense  of  enchantment  and  magic  that  vibrates  through  both  the  Kupica  and  the  documentary  as  well.    

                                             

Produc\on  contact:  Senka  Božić,  

[email protected],  +385989053747