Arsen Anton Ostojic Movies

This earnest war drama from Croatian director Arsen Anton Ostojic concerns Ivan (Alen Liveric), a 36-year-old former rock singer turned shell-shocked war veteran, his resolve all but shattered from the loss of both legs in the Croatian Homeland conflict. His father, Izidor, was a political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia but now stands in the running to be elected to the Croatian Parliament; Izidor's life permanently changes when a former Communist official who once oversaw his imprisonment, Simo, turns up as an impoverished refugee and blackmails Izidor, demanding money and threatening to publicize secrets that could destroy the man's campaign if he does not comply. To make matters worse, Simo also has an affair with Izidor's wife and Ivan's mother, Ana - and Ivan soon begins provoking Croatians to violence, freely and openly putting his life on the line. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

The drug trade in a depressed Croatian burgh provides a through-line for this episodic drama, which screened at the 2004 Sarajevo Film Festival. In each of the three stories set in the coastal town of Split, children and young adults are caught up in dealing, using or trying to avoid drugs; the rapper Coolio appears as a sailor trading smack for the services of an addicted prostitute. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi