Family Therapy

by Sonja Prosenc

Odrešitev za začetnike, 2024, fiction, digital DCP, c, 122 min
Finished

SI, IT, HR, RS, NO

When a young stranger enters what appears to be a perfect family, the idyllic bubble they had been living in bursts. The chaos of the outside world invades their lives, revealing their deepest fears, flaws, and dreams while unraveling dysfunctional relationships within.

screenwriter
Sonja Prosenc
director
Sonja Prosenc
producer
Rok Sečen, Sonja Prosenc
co-producer
Marta Zaccaron, Fabiana Balsamo, Jarle Bjørknes, Tamara Babun, Matija Drniković, Dimče Stojanovski
choreographer
Žigan Krajnčan
director of photography
Mitja Ličen
film editor
Ivana Fumić
production designer
Tajana Čanić Stanković
costume designer
Dubravka Skvrce, Gilda Venturini
key make-up artist
Lija Ivančič, Tina Šubic
sound designer
Gisle Tveito

featuring
Marko Mandić, Aliocha Schneider, Katarina Stegnar, Mila Bezjak, Judita Franković Brdar, Jure Henigman

production
Monoo
co-production
Incipit film, Wolfgang&Dolly, Living Pictures, Incitus Film
in collaboration with
RTV Slovenia, ARRI, Storyline, NuFrame
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, RTV Slovenija, Ministero della cultura Italiana - MiC, FVG Fondo Audiovisivo, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, ARRI International programs

MONOO
Rok Sečen
rok@monoo.si
Sonja Prosenc
sonja@monoo.si

Sonja Prosenc is an internationally awarded and critically acclaimed writer - director. Her second feature History of Love was awarded in the Crystal Globe Competition, Karlovy Vary IFF 2018. Besides international awards her accolades include representation at Slamdance as one of the four globally selected directors of the future, at Cineuropa as one of eight European female directors to watch, selection to Eurimages Gold Album. Both of her acclaimed films The Tree, and History of Love served as Official OSCAR Entries (2016, 2020).
She glides successfully between drama, comedy (awarded short Paradise, 2019) and mistery thriller TV series (Trigrad, first presented at Series Mania in France, and nominated for Heart of Sarajevo in seven out of eight categories at Sarajevo FF 2023).
With her third feature “Family Therapy”, she combines comedy with her distinctive artistic vision, creating a unique cinematic experience.