When the Dragon Came

Running time: 21'

A story from the countryside. She was almost 12 when she met him and two years later became pregnant with their first child. She did not want to get married, but her family decided otherwise. He married her because they were equally poor and unhappy. They had 8 healthy children who left home a long time ago. Conjoined with each other and their small village, they are not waiting for a change. Their daily life revolves around work: grazing cows and farming the land. Next to each other all the time but separate. 

 

 

 

Authors:

  • Stefan Pavlovic

    Stefan Pavlovic was born in the Netherlands to parents from former Yugoslavia. In 2008 Stefan moved to California and studied film making at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Upon graduating he was hired as the personal assistant to commercial film maker Tom Kuntz. His own work exists between the experimental documentary and the linear narrative realm. Stefan moved back to Amsterdam in 2017 to join the Artistic Research in and through Cinema program, at the Netherlands Film Academy.

     

    Filmography

    Horse (2017)

    Pearl & Werther (2016)

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