Castle Crash

Arsen Oremović201435:00

This music documentary speaks about the recording of an album by Matej Meštrović and the Sudar (Clash) Percussion Ensemble in the Castle of Sv. Križ Začretje in Hrvatsko zagorje. While the recording captures the echo bouncing of the castle walls, the piano player and his band playfully create a unique, extraordinary soundtrack for a strange story about the lady of castle, who happens to live like a “pauper” amongst all the exuberance around her. This is a story about music and Matej Meštrović, but also about an indifferent society, absurd neglect of the cultural heritage, expensive personal misjudgements and poor decisions …

Arsen Oremović

Film director, journalist, critic and publicist. From 1991 to 2016 he worked as a journalist, columnist and editor in Večernji list, specialized in the sectors of culture and electronic media, with special emphasis on film, music and television. In 1999 he was the director of the film festival in Pula, in two terms the president of the Croatian Film Critics Association, a member of the HRT Programming Council (2012-2016), a member of the Croatian Journalists’ Association and the Society of Croatian Film Directors. As an author and editor, he has published several collections of stories, recently active primarily as a film director and screenwriter for what he has been awarded internationally.

Production: Interfilm

Director: Arsen Oremović

Editing: Roman Cernjak, Zorana Rajić

Director of Photography: Vjekoslav Vrdoljak

Music: Matej Meštrović