A standing ovation for the achievement of Mirjana Karanović

After thirty years of marriage, the main character learns a secret about her husband, because of which she is forced to make a decision whether she will continue to live hiding the truth from herself, or whether she will leave everything she has gained so far and start a new chapter, which is in her quite frightening for years, is a brief summary of the film The Good Woman, which was shown on the third night of the Filmsmkgo festival in Herceg Novi. The director and co-writer Mirjana Karanović, who also plays the main role. After the screening at the Kanli Tower, where the audience received the film well, Karanović said that it was not difficult for her when it came to realizing the filming. "It took me a long time to get there, and it wasn't easy, because writing and preparation take a long time. o was a long and difficult process during which there were many dilemmas and some stumbles".

The author previously said that she is interested in stories that concern our society, and in this case the most important relationship is between loyalty to family and environment on the one hand and ethical imperative on the other. Then she explained that through the image of Milena, neither the betrayal of love nor the salvation of the soul is shown, but that it is necessary to fight against evil both in oneself and in others.

"I have the impression that a kind of return to the past is taking place today, that the attitude towards women as a human being and her position in society is being regressed. I think it is an increasingly aggressive collision of the sexes. I am not sure if this is due to the very difficult economic and political situations that are breaking down most intensively in male-female relationships, in the family. But we read about domestic violence every day, it's just like an epidemic. It's as if all the frustrations are now being taken out on the weakest, namely women, children, poor people, Roma communities, minority peoples, I even think there is some directed aggressiveness", the artist assessed.

The film Whistle directed by Davor Matanić, which talks about forbidden love, its fragility, but also its strength, is rated by many as a favorite for the Golden Mimosa. The story spans three decades, and is set in two neighboring villages burdened by ethnic intolerance and historical legacy.

Actress Nives Ivanković, who won the Golden Arena for supporting female role at the Pula Film Festival, spoke about the film, which is a laureate of prestigious awards.

She points out that the awards mean a lot to her, but that the most accurate barometer that an actor has done a good job is the one he feels inside himself, "that acting barometer", that he never watches the films and series in which she acted, and says that this is not a rare occurrence. among the actors.

"First, I'm embarrassed to see myself on the screen. And secondly, I have been working as an actress at the Croatian National Theater in Split for 23 years, and I know how much each performance is a living tissue. Acting in plays, you always have a chance to correct yourself, interpret something differently, you have open opportunities and chances. Not on film. What you have done remains there forever. And why should I get annoyed, seeing that I could have done something better. In cases like this, it's good to live in ignorance," said Ivanković.

She emphasized the excellent cooperation with the director Matanić because, "it was a meeting between two mature people. On the other hand, Matanić is one of the few directors who respects the actor. Working on the film "The Whistle" was the least stressful job in my life".

"The actors love Matanić, because he not only understands and respects them, but also because he is a great motivator, has a good soul and does not have negative energy," said Ivanković.

"Herceg Novi is a beautiful city. It reminds me of Split in miniature, I will visit Cetinje and Budva. When a journalist from Tivat asked me if I would stop by Tivat as well, I said that that town is too exclusive for us artists-miners," says Ivanković with a laugh.

As a curiosity, she added that she lives in Njegoševa Street in Split, and that, as a child, she had to learn entire parts of Gorski Vijenc by heart, since her father was a professor of comparative literature. As a confirmation that this was really so, she recited the opening verses .