Fiction | 2025 | 93 min.
World Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025 – Tiger Competition

Synopsis:
In 19th-century Montenegro, a dying poet-ruler, Morlak, journeys to Italy in search of a cure, leaving his homeland behind. As his condition worsens, his loyal servant Djuko struggles with duty and the shadow of his master‘s fate.

Director and Writer: Ivan Salatić
Producers: Jelena Angelovski, Dušan Kasalica
Co-Producers: Ines Vasiljević, Stefano Sardo, Jasmina Sijerčić, Tena Gojić, Stefan Ivančić, Dragana Jovović, Ognjen Glavonić, Boris Raonić
Cinematographer: Ivan Marković
Editor: Jelena Maksimović

Produced by: Meander Film (ME), Nightswim (IT), Bocalupo Films (FR), Dinaridi Film (HR), Non-Aligned Films (RS), Radio-Televizija Crne Gore (ME)

Supported by: Film Centre of Montenegro, Ministero della Cultura, CNC – Aide aux cinémas du monde, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages