#Niksa Butijer

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Films in 2017 #64 Ne gledaj mi u pijat, 2016. Directed by Hana Jusic

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Venezia 73 - review - QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE ("Ne gledaj mi u pijat," Hana Jušić, 2016, Croatia / Denmark)

Venezia 73 – review – QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE (“Ne gledaj mi u pijat,” Hana Jušić, 2016, Croatia / Denmark)

An awkward dinner scene introduces the heavily repressed family unit of Quit Staring at My Plate, Hana Jušić’s feature screened at the Venice Days section of the 73rd Venice Film Festival. Father (Niksa Butijer) is an authoritarian and unappealing patriarch. He shouts, threatens, and bullies everyone, including his mentally disabled son for not being able to get a job. His heavily repressed wife…