EAT SLEEP DIE
Directed by: Gabriela Pichler
Original Title: Äta sova dö
Genres: Drama
Cast: Nermina Lukač
Written by: Gabriela Pichler
Produced by: China Åhlander
Production Company: Anagram Produktion AB
Production year: 2012
Release year: 2012
Country: Sweden
Language: Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Swedish
Duration: 103 min
Subtitled Versions: English
Format: 35mm, DCP
Synopsis:
Raša Abdulahović can pack 12 bags of lettuce in 4.5 seconds. She’s a no-shit 21 year old tom-boy muslim immigrant who spends her time looking after her worn-out father and hanging out with her fellow workers from the vegetable packing plant. It’s a rugged small-town life but she has her dad, and she has her job… However, things are about to turn around. When Raša loses her job she is forced into a world where bureaucracy rules and ‘confidence coaching’ is deemed necessary. A sense of disorientation and loss of purpose is complete when her father, her back-to-the-wall buddy, has to go off to Norway to work. She is alone, and desperate to find a new job. The small town and life she is clinging to, is just getting smaller. She starts to register that there might be a bigger world out there, and ultimately she is going to have to face it. At her farewell party, after she breaks down, there is a tinge of a smile on her face. In the end nothing will drag her down. Never-say-die.
FESTIVALS
Venice Film Festival 2012 - Critic's Week RaroVideo Audience Award
Toronto International Film Festival Discovery
Busan International Film Festival 2012 Official Selection
BFI London Film Festival 2012 Official Selection
Zurich Film Festival 2012 Competition - Special Mention for actress Nermina Lukac
Amercian Film Institute Festival 2012 Grand Jury Prize - New Auteur Section
Lübeck 2012 NDR Film Prize
Seville International Film Festival 2012 Golden Giraldillo + Best Actress - Nermina Lukac
Abu Dhabi International Film Festival 2012 Official Selction
Stockholm Film Festival 2012 Viasat Rising Star Award - Nermina Lukac
European Film Promotion - Shooting Star Nermina Lukac
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2013 Official selecton
Tromsö International Film Festival 2013 Official selecton
Gothenburg International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection
Guldbagge (Swedish Oscars) 5 nomations - Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best leading Actress, Best supporting Role
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection
Istanbul International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection
Sydney International Film Festival 2013 Official Selection
Amiens International Film Festival 2013 Special Mention + Best Actress Award (Nermina Lukac)
Portland International Film Festival Official Selection
Ulaanbaatar Int'l Film Festival Official Selection
Duhok International Film Festival Official Selection
Chicago International Film Festival 2014 Official Selection