We find Mijo hiding in the woods as a soldier of the defeated fascist army at the end of the Second World War. Through his life, we explore the circumstances that led to the expansion of extremism, both in the past and today.
Mijo lives with his family in a poor village in the rural part of Croatia. By witnessing a cruel act by his father driven by the unbearable poverty and after carrying out the municipal authorities’ undue order to get rid of the family dog, Mijo becomes easy prey for extreme ideology, which offers him false hope for a better life and a false culprit for all the horrible things he has suffered.
Through this intimate story of Mijo’s life, sketched in four episodes which take place during different periods of his life between 1926 and 1945, a clear image of the history shines through—the constant turmoil of war, poverty, and even a promised utopia, a desperate hope for a better life.
Through this intimate story of Mijo’s life, sketched in four episodes which take place during different periods of his life between 1926 and 1945, a clear image of the history shines through—the constant turmoil of war, poverty, and even a promised utopia, a desperate hope for a better life.
