VIVISECTfest 01: Film
Nenad Puhovski
Pavilion 22
| directed by: | Nenad Puhovski |
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| producer country: | Croatia |
| production year: | 2002 |
| duration: | 55 min |
| sound engineer: | Igor Bauer, Mladen Skalec |
| camera: | Maja Zrnić |
| edited by: | Uja Irgolić |
| music by: | Zbignjew Preisner |
| produced by: | Factum |
| distributed by: | Factum |
Nenad Puhovski, a sociologist, philosopher, film and TV director, professor at the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb, and the greatest independent producer in Croatia, who works for his base house Factum. In addition to production, he is also engaged in directing. He made his first film at the age of 14, and after having graduated, he kept on working for television, film and in theatre.
Film plot
The film investigates the dark side of the events that happened at the Zagreb Great Fair in autumn 1991 unknown to wider public. Due to war confusion, a paramilitary unit used to bring in, torture and blackmail the civilians because of their political and national affiliations. The film tears down the wall of silence built around those shameful events.