paulinetarn

I was really surprised to see this movie since it is so different than any other work of Croatian cinema that I've ever seen. This is not a dull biographical movie which deals with every little detail of Slava Raškaj's life, whose artistic capacity was largely underestimated only because she was a deaf-mute woman not affected by society rules and expectations. The biographical facts are mentioned only to accentuate her rich emotional (inner) life and intellectual & artistic achievements which were far beyond most of other artists of her time. This movie shows how hard it was (and still is) to be an intellectual in Croatia, a country where majority of residents are still bound by their provincial upbringing which hinders their capacity to understand "real art" and distinguish genuine emotion from fake show off.