SYNOPSIS

A summer morning in a Split neighbourhood. Antonija (6) is having fun on her balcony, looking through her little binoculars, while her mother Marijana is stressed out because of their upcoming eviction. Antonija’s tooth is loose and will soon become a powerful tool in her naive and playful way of dealing with the formal process which can lead to losing their home. When the police and the enforcement creditor finally barge through the door, Antonija will use the situation to observe her mother’s behaviour, to play and make a show for everybody.

INTENTION

Loose is set in my hometown, Split. When I was a child, my mother and I were evicted. My memory of this event is very fragmented, as it happened many years ago, but the situation has shaped my life in a major way. It sparked my subsequent interest in the theme of eviction and ultimately motivating me to make this film.

I started to develop the idea and write the script about a six-year-old girl observing the eviction process and her broken young mother who fails to control the situation. As the story is set in the city of Split, my desire is to imbue it with the Mediterranean temperament and atmosphere.

Antonija is characterized by her perseverance and her needs, childish and playful moments shown through her environment and relationship with her mother. She has built her world in the apartment where she has been living with her mother since birth. By causing complete chaos during the eviction process and doing everything to turn attention to herself, she disrupts what those “giants” are doing. Her optimistic perspective dominates the story, but so does her bitterness, which gradually takes form, stemming from her own character, as well as the relationship with her mother.