Croatian comedy ” Sonja and the Bull” (Sonja i Vuk) directed by Vlatka Vorkapić and starring Judita Franković and Goran Bogdan will be playing in Cinestar Mostar on Thursday: 18:20 h, 20:15 h;Friday: 18:05 pm;Saturday, Sunday: 14:20 h, 18:50 h, 20:15 h; Monday: 18:50 h, 20:15 h ;Tuesday, Wednesday: 18:50 am
Vlatka Vorkapić (1969) studied film and TV directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She is an independent artist, screenwriter and director. Vorkapić has directed over 20 award-winning documentary films, two short films, including Driver’s Licence (1992) as well as several stage plays, of which the best known are Judith French and Oblak-vila. Her debut film won the best script, costume and music award at the 59th Feature Film Festival in Pula.
The film deals with the most controversial part of Croatia’s Animal Protection Act which is the section that regulates bullfighting. Sonja, a city girl from Zagreb, a sworn vegetarian and animal-rights activist, claims that bullfighting is unnecessarily violent and she denounces the owners of the bulls as heartless. People living in the Dalmatian countryside simply cannot understand Sonja’s attitude. The more Sonja criticises the bull owners, the less inclined they are to listen. Finally they conclude that no matter how passionately Sonja defends the rights of animals, she would never dare to stand in front of a bull. Bets are raised and Sonja soon faces an additional challenge in the form of Ante, known far and wide for his powers of persuasion…
