ZAPELJI ME / SEDUCE ME

After Luka’s mother gave him away he spent nine years in a children’s home. His father died in a car accident when he was small. He’s 19 now and expected to stand on his own feet. He moves into a tiny flat and finds work in an abattoir, where he meets Ajda. The bubbly, carefree girl is the very opposite of reserved, solemn Luka, who falls for her immediately. Buoyed up by Adja’s energy, Luka finds the courage to contact his mother and visit her in the country. But the encounter is upsetting: Luka is not made welcome and learns, after asking to see his father’s grave, that the car accident was a fabrication. His father is alive, and has a new family. Troubled and confused, Luka seeks refuge in his relationship with Ajda. But his happy-go-lucky girlfriend turns out to be harbouring a dark secret of her own. The feature debut of Marko Šantić is both a touching love story and a vivid portrait of a generation negotiating the path to adulthood with no assistance from parents or society.

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MARKO ŠANTIĆ
Born 1983 in Split, Croatia.
He graduated from the Ljubliana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in 2008. His short film SRETAN PUT NEDIME / GOOD LUCK NEDIM (2005) was nominated for the European Film Academy Award and the student grand prix at the Tribeca Film Festival. RUPA / THE HOLE (2006) received the grand prix at the Bologna European Festival of Film Schools. ZAPELJI ME / SEDUCE ME is his first feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)
2005 / SRETAN PUT NEDIME / GOOD LUCK NEDIM (short)
2006 / RUPA / THE HOLE (short)
2008 / OD ELECTRIČARJA Z LJUBEZNIJO / FROM THE ELECTRICIAN WITH LOVE (short)
2009 / NIŠTA OSOBNO / NOTHING PERSONAL (short)
2010 / OČETOVA ŽELJA / FATHER’S WISH (short)
2013 / ZAPELJI ME / SEDUCE ME