WITNESSES

The film is based on Jurica Pavičićs novel “Alabaster Sheep” in which the author reflected his own experiences from the civil war. The book provoked heavy discussions in Croatia. Split 1992. In a small village near the front-line, three drunken Croatian soldiers plan to take revenge on a Serb by targeting his house. The man turns out to be at home and gets shot. But there is a witness: his eleven-year-old daughter… Director Brešan tells the story from different perspectives, with the web of tangled relationships and dependencies among the villagers only becoming clear towards the end.