The tragic life of Slava Raskaj, a turn-of-the-century painter born deaf and mute who is viewed as a kind of Croatian Frida Kahlo, is sketched in “100 Minutes of Glory.” Young helmer Dalibor Matanic (“Fine Dead Girls”) adopts a suitably avant-garde, quasi-surrealist style that injects a large amount of visual interest in this tale of a rebellious-but-doomed woman, while Raskaj’s affair with fellow artist Bela Cikos structures the narrative nicely. Taking the film beyond the ordinary is the notable technical work used to visualize a world seen through artistic eyes. Film has some marvelous shots, like water lilies floating on a barroom floor, that point to Matanic’s directing talent. More on Wikipedia
Watch 100 minuta slave/ 100 Minutes of Glory (2004) Croatian Film
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