PLAY ME A LOVE SONG

The main character of the film Struja, is an uncompromising rocker of the demo band called When Dirty Harry Met Dirty Sally. To get the money for their album, Struja is ready to do anything, except give up his rocker’s ideals. However, when they are offered a gig – playing cheesy lovesongs at a wedding, the rest of the band – Struja’s best friend the keyboard player Mario , a handsome singer and bass player Deni and an indifferent drummer Žlajfa – have some serious persuading to do in order to make Struja accept a compromise. He first refuses with determination, but once his ex- girlfriend, Anja , annonunces that she is pregnant with him, Struja suddenly has more serious problems than just playing at the wedding…
That’s when the real action starts and when a vicious policeman Siniša (Enes Vejzović), Struja’s parents (Žarko Potočnjak and Helena Buljan), Anja’s parents (Damir Lončar and Ksenija Marinković) and many other picturesque characters played by Stojan Matavulj, Hana Hegedušić, Robert Ugrina, Zvonimir Zoričić, Predrag Vušović, Mila Elegović-Balić, Dražen Čuček, Josip Bobi Marotti, Željko Duvnjak, Zdenka Heršak, Biserka Ipša, get involved in the lives of Struja and the band.

PLAY ME A LOVE SONG
music, 2007
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written and directed by: Goran Kulenović
producer: Ivan Maloča
co-producer: Croatian Radiotelevision(HRT)
director of photography: Mario Sablić
editor: Slaven Jekauc
set designer: Tanja Lacko
costume designer: Sanja Šeler
make-up artist: Slavica Živaljić
sound recordist: Antun Trnka
sound editor: Dubravka Premar
duration: 106'
film format: 35mm, colour
aspect ratio: 1:1,85
sound: stereo

Cast

Ivan Herceg Struja
Ivan Đuričić Mario
Ivan Glowatzky Deni
Hrvoje Kečkeš Žlajfa
Enes Vejzović Siniša
Olga Pakalović Anja
Žarko Potočnjak Struja’s father
Helena Buljan Struja’s mother
Damir Lončar Božo
Ksenija Marinković Emica
Robert Ugrina Kum
Hana Hegdušić Đurđica
Stojan Matavulj Ante
Biserka Ipša Kunčević Anđela
Zdenka Heršak Mrs. Hrnjak
Josip Bobbi Marotti Mr. Hrnjak

Awards

Pula Film Festival, 2007
- Golden Gate of pula- Audience Award for Best film
- Golden Arena for best scenography
- golden arena for best costume design

Festivals

MovEast Film Festival, Pécs , 2008
CINEMED- Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France, 2008
Balkan Snapshots Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2008
Exground festival Wiesbaden, germany, 2008