Have You Seen This Woman?

Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević studied Film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. They directed several shorts: Dušan Love (Visions du Réel 2016) and Foreign Body (Orizzonti 2018); Matija the documentary Utopia (2016) and Loop (Locarno 2017). Have You Seen This Woman? is their debut feature. It premiered at the Settimana internazionale della critica in Venice.

 

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“Cherchez la femme”: the opening scene of Dušan Zorić, Matija Gluščević first feature–a TV anchor investigates a woman's disappearance while her apartment is undergoing renovations–seems to be a direct answer to James Ellroy's sentence. While not seen, Draginja is really there, present and rooted in contemporary Serbia. As much a Picaresque odyssey in the depths of a gloomy reality, as a mental maze full of Lynchian fragrances, Have You Seen This Woman? uses surprise and reversal as its core principles. Reinvigorating with a daring strength and a ferocious humor the disappearance that inhabits contemporary cinema, the filmmakers by exploring the stations of Draginja's life, are secretly working on her appearance. And portrayed by Ksenija Marinković, this one has not finished imposing itself on our eyes.

Victor Bournérias