Take Me Somewhere Nice
Ena Sendijarević’s debut feature transports a teen raised in the Netherlands to Bosnia to meet her estranged father. Alma (Sara Luna Zoric) travels alongside her cousin and his best friend, and the three feel like real teenagers: moody, deadpan and wry. The film maintains a cool lo-fi pitch that exists in the grand tradition of lackadaisical road movies, its moments of heartbreak and heartburst rendered hazy and vibrant courtesy of Emo Weemhoff’s pastel-tinged cinematography.
Sara Luna Zoric, Lazar Dragojevic, Ernad Prnjavorac
- Notes From Ed LachmanThis has a remarkable narrative, an expressive, minimalist visual style and restrained performances. It was made by a Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker when she was 22 years old. We follow a young woman’s journey from Holland to Bosnia to seek a resolution with her father. Its lyrical storytelling immerses you in this character whose story becomes one of emotional self-discovery and asks questions of identity and cultural migration.
