The Girl and the Oak
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63% Critic Match

The Girl and the Oak

6.3 / 10 1955 1h 22mNR Serbian (Latin)
Drama

Storyline

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.

Cast & Crew

Tamara Miletič

Tamara Miletič

Smilja

Lead
Ljuba Tadić

Ljuba Tadić

Josip

Miodrag 'Deba' Popović

Miodrag 'Deba' Popović

Bojan

Andrej Kurent

Andrej Kurent

Ivan

Viktor Bek

Viktor Bek

Marko

JP

Josip Petričić

Roko

Stole Aranđelović

Stole Aranđelović

Petar, Ivanov brat

VP

Violeta Prosevska

Smilja kao djevojčica

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Krešimir Golik's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Girl and the Oak is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker