I Love You (2005 Croatian film)

I Love You (Croatian: Volim te) is a 2005 Croatian drama film directed and written by Dalibor Matanić.

I Love You
CroatianVolim te
Directed byDalibor Matanić
Produced byMario Orešković
Written byDalibor Matanić
StarringKrešimir Mikić
CinematographyBranko Linta
Edited byTomislav Pavlic
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 December 2005 (2005-12-18) (Croatia)[1]
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Plot

Krešo is a successful young copywriter who works for a marketing company in Zagreb. He largely ignores his girlfriend Ana, preferring to spend time with his high school friends in rounds of alcohol, drugs and sex.

When one day Krešo causes a death of a woman while driving under the influence, and gets infected with HIV from a subsequent blood transfusion, his life is turned upside down. He is left by his girlfriend, fired from his job, and gradually abandoned by his friends - until he meets a good-natured waitress...

Cast

Reception

In a favorable 2007 review in The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis describes the film as a "bleak drama [which] is an unusually perceptive scrutiny of absence and emptiness", emphasized further by gray and pastel tones of Branko Linta's cinematography.[2]

Croatian Film Association's database of Croatian films describes I Love You as a film with a modern style, dealing with an interesting and somewhat intriguing topic, but notes its one-dimensionality and predictability, arguing that characterization and depth were sacrificed in favor of the film's visual style.[1]

References
  1. "Volim te". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. Catsoulis, Jeannette (3 January 2007). "In Croatia, an Empty Life in Full View". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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