PETRIA'S WREATH

PETRIJIN VENAC

Like a collage of old photographs, Petria's life is put together from the start, in front of the lens of a camera. Starting from her youth up to the years of her maturity, the film covers a span of thirty years, as it follows Petria's life. A failed marriage when she was young; a tender relationship with an older man; and then, finally, love and a stormy cohabitation with a young coalminer. The heroine's relationships with the men of her life lie at the core of this film. Through the events of a lifetime, that leave behind only photographs yellow with age, we are told the story of a woman's struggle to survive the hardships of life. And behind this struggle there is always the need for understanding, for tenderness, for peace and tranquility...
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Direction: Srdjan Karanovic
Script: Srdjan Karanovic based on the novel by Dragoslav Mihajlovic
Cinematography: Tomislav Pinter
Editing: Branka Ceperac
Music: Zoran Simjanovic
Actors: Mirjana Karanovic, Dragan Maksimovic, Pavle Vujisic, Olivera Markovic, Marko Nikolic, Darinka Zivkovic, Milos Zutic
Production: Centar Film
Format: 35mm
Color: Colour
Production Year: 1980
Duration: 97'

Srdjan Karanovic

He was born on November 17, 1945, in Belgrade. In 1970, he graduated from Prague's FAMU film school. He began his career in short films, and then went on to television, where he directed over 70 documentaries, as well as successful TV series (Unpicked Strawberries) and TV movies (Faithless Woman, Look at Me). His first feature film, Society Game (1972) was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in the "Quinzaine des realisateurs" section. Six years later, his second feature film, The Fragrance of Wild Flowers received the FIPRESCI award at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival ("Semaine de la Critique"). He collaborated with Rajko Grlic on many of his screenplays, and also on the screenplay for Grlic's own film Bravo Maestro (1978). He taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York.

Filmography

1972 Society Game
1977 The Fragrance Of Wild Flowers
1980 Petria's Wreath
1983 Something In-Between
1985 A Throatful of Strawberries
1988 A Film with No Name 1991 Virdzina