Absence is Present

Overview

While Jelena, a young immigrant, looks for a a better future in Canada, her mother Rada looks for a dog that she has lost in the streets of Belgrade. Although Rada would would like to see her daughter again soon, she hides the truth because she knows that Jelena would come back to find the dog.

Directed by Vladimir Paskaljević

Top cast

Dragana Varagić

Rada

J

Jelena Asanović

Jelena

Milica Stefanović

Milica

Ana Stefanović

Jasna

D

Diana Wong

Partygoer

E

Erik Anderson

Rimbaud

Z

Zoran Andrejin

Doctor

Allison Edwards-Crewe

Coworker

A

Aleksandra Veljković

Doctor

T

Tatjana Cornij

Employer

M

Milan Tomić

Parent beggar

R

Rada Mitrović

Woman in a dog asylum

M

Milan Čalić

Man in a dog pound

A

Andrej Lončar

Homeless

P

Petar Paskaljević

Drinker in a park

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