A traumatic event—a suicide attempt—creates a rift in the family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The film is reduced to the most acute, to a short time span and a clear situation that can be put in a nutshell: save the loved one.
The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself.

Directed by: Juraj Lerotić

Written by: Juraj Lerotić

Produced by: Miljenka Čogelja, Saša Ban, Nevenka Sablić, Vlado Bulajić, Lija Pogačnik

Cinematography: Marko Brdar

Editing: Marko Ferković

Production Design: Jana Plećaš

Costume Design: Katarina Pilić

Make-Up: Matea Katunar

Sound: Julij Zornik, Miha Jaramaz, Lea Jurečič, Riga Rangus, Jaka Skočir/Igor Iskra

Visual Effects: Zoran Mihailović, Marino Vuletić

Casting Director: Nevenka Sablić, Oriana Kunčić

Cast: Juraj Lerotić, Goran Marković, Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov

Original Title: SIGURNO MJESTO

Film Production Country: Croatia

Website: https://en.pipser.hr/portfolio-item/safe-place/

Social Media:

https://www.facebook.com/sigurnomjestofilm
https://www.instagram.com/sigurno_mjesto/
Wikipedia
Statement of the Director/s
The film is based on the events that affected me and my family. While writing the screenplay, I thought I would never bring it to life. I wrote it for myself, so to speak. It felt too intimate to share. In the end, I didn’t hide the screenplay, the film was made, and to make my initial reluctance even more absurd, I even took on a role in it- my first time acting.
While the film undoubtedly explores the themes of mental disorder and suicide, its creation was not driven by silence and shame often surrounding these issues. I think I was strangely fascinated by the fact that such a horror, which happened to us, is even possible, and I wanted to capture it. It serves as a reminder of my own naivety, an expression of a childish revenge against those who perhaps could have helped us, and a final adventure shared with my brother. I talk to him in the film, despite him being dead – perhaps this is why I needed an audience, to bear witness to this miracle.
One viewer described it as a film about a man who tries to overtake death. We haven’t come up with a better logline yet.

Biography of the Director/s
Juraj Lerotić was born in Kiel. He graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. His debut film Safe Place, which he wrote, directed and acted in has been screened at festivals around the world and has received more than thirty awards – among these, the Best First Feature Award and the Best Emerging Director Award at the 75th Locarno Film Festival.

Filmography of the Director/s
2022 - SAFE PLACE, Feature
2010 - THEN I SEE TANJA, Short

Production Company:
PIPSER
Miljenka Čogelja
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +385913063051
Website: www.pipser.hr

World Sales:
Cercamon
Sebastien Chesneau
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +971566063824
Website: https://www.cercamon.biz