A love triangle in the hell of mental disease. It’s Ivan Ikić new challenge after Varvari (Barbarians, 2014), the sentimental turmoils of a young Serbian hooligan grown up during the economic and moral decadence of his country. This time Ikić tells the story of the friendship between Maria and Dragana. They are both hospitalized in a mental institution, their relationship is devasted when they discover to be in love for the same man, the introverted patient Robert. The three outsiders want to be independent and crave human contact, but teir actions break the balance imposed by the suffocating rules of the institute and unleash uncontrollable reactions.
OAZA (OASIS)
Serbia, Slovenia, Olanda, Francia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, 2020, Directed by: Ivan Ikić, Cast: Marusa Majer, Goran Bogdan, Marijana Novakov, Valentino Zenuni, Tijana Markovic, Runtime: 121’
Oscar Cosulich
