The Priest's Children
view in croatian- HR, RS
- 2013
- 93’
- DCP
- color
- comedy
- Orig. Title: Svećenikova djeca
To help increase the birth rate of a small town on a Dalmatian island, the young priest Don Fabijan starts to pierce condoms before they are sold. He teams up with a simple-minded newsstand owner and a mad pharmacist and the three of them secretly abolish contraception on the island. After the initial success, with many births and marriages, things start to get complicated. Finally, the bishop comes to the island and everything turns completely crazy.
- Director
- Vinko Brešan
- Screenplay
- Mate Matišić
- Cinematography
- Mirko Pivčević
- Editing
- Sandra Botica Brešan
- Production Design
- Damir Gabelica
- Costume Design
- Željka Franulović
- Music
- Mate Matišić
- Sound Design
- Frano Homen
- Cast
- Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer, Dražen Kühn, Marija Škaričić, Jadranka Đokić, Filip Križan, Zdenko Botić, Goran Bogdan, Stjepan Perić, Ana Begić, Ana Maras, Ivan Brkić, Marinko Prga, Lazar Ristovski
- Producer
- Ivan Maloča
- Production
- Interfilm
- Co-production
- Zillion film (RS)
- Support
- Eurimages
- Distribution
- Continental film
- World Sales
- WIDE Management
Vinko Brešan (1964) studied philosophy and comparative literature as well as film and TV directing. His low-budget debut feature film, How the War Started On My Island (1996), became Croatia’s biggest homegrown hit film in 20 years, second only to Titanic at the box-office. His films Marshal Tito’s Spirit (1999) and Witnesses (2003) won prizes at the Berlin and Karlovy Vary film festivals. Brešan also has an active career as a theatre director. His fourth and most recent film was Will Not Stop There (2008).
Selected Filmography – Vinko Brešan (1964)
- The Priest's Children (2013) – feature film
- Will Not Stop There (2008) – feature film
- Witnesses (2004) – feature film
- Marshal Tito’s Spirit (1999) – feature film
- How the War Started on My Island (1996) – feature film
