I Love You (2005 Croatian film)

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I Love You (Croatian: Volim te) is a 2005 Croatian drama film directed and written by Dalibor Matanić.

I Love You
CroatianVolim te
Directed byDalibor Matanić
Written byDalibor Matanić
Produced byMario Orešković
StarringKrešimir Mikić
CinematographyBranko Linta
Edited byTomislav Pavlic
Production
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Release date
  • 18 December 2005 (2005-12-18) (Croatia)[1]
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Plot

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Krešo is a successful young copywriter who works for a marketing company in Zagreb. He largely ignores his girlfriend Ana, preferring to spend time with his high school friends in rounds of alcohol, drugs and sex.[2]

When one day Krešo causes a death of a woman while driving under the influence, and gets infected with HIV from a subsequent blood transfusion, his life is turned upside down. He is left by his girlfriend, fired from his job, and gradually abandoned by his friends until he meets a good-natured waitress...[2]

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Reception

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In a favorable 2007 review in The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis describes the film as a "bleak drama [which] is an unusually perceptive scrutiny of absence and emptiness", emphasized further by gray and pastel tones of Branko Linta's cinematography.[3]

Croatian Film Association's database of Croatian films describes I Love You as a film with a modern style, dealing with an interesting and somewhat intriguing topic, but notes its one-dimensionality and predictability, arguing that characterization and depth were sacrificed in favor of the film's visual style.[1]

Ronnie Scheib from Variety called the film uneven, with perfect tech credits, music, ambience and visuals, good delivery of leading actors, but generally unconvincing plot.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Volim te". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Musetto, V. A. (2007-01-03). "'LOVE' STUD CONQUERS ALL". New York Post. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (3 January 2007). "In Croatia, an Empty Life in Full View". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (2007-01-09). "I Love You". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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