The family’s oldest member, Doris, is getting married again. The groom is a war hero introduced to the family by Doris’s brother Filip, who works in car sales. Back then Zoran saved Filip’s life, who became forever indebted to him. The family gets together for celebrating this joyful event. The guests eat, drink, and give away more and more about their relations to each other.

The celebratory atmosphere conceals unspoken tensions: the picture of old wounds, vulnerabilities, and power plays is conjured before us. Meanwhile night falls, and the tired and drunk guests turn to rest. At night true life begins. At first everything seems real, but our characters slowly sink into the world of dreams, instincts, terrible fears, and the incalculable subconscious. There are no more secrets and lies, and in the darkness truth casts its shadow...

CAST

Performed by Hrvojka Begović, Katarina Bistrović Darvaš, Zoran Čubrilo, Dado Ćosić, Petar Leventić, Edvin Liverić, Filip Nola, Urša Raukar, Rakan Rushaidat, Doris Šarić Kukuljica, Mateo Videk, Tina Orlandini

Directed by Árpád Schilling
Using the actors' improvisations, written by Juli Jakab, Árpád Schilling and Éva Zabezsinszkij
Croatian text translation by Xenia Detoni
Costume design by Marta Žegura
Music by Nina Perović
Interpreter: Kata Gyarmati
Production manager: Ildikó Ságodi

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Photo: Marko Ercegovic

PRESS

• Nina Ožegović: Nikoga se izravno ne optužuje, a svi se osjećaju posramljeno, Tportal.hr, 17. 12. 2018.
   
• Nataša Govedić: "Pansion Eden" redatelja Arpada Schillinga: Sjenovita "zaštićenost" korupcije, Novilist.hr, 27. 12. 2018.
   
• Bojan Munjin: Pakao u Raju. Novosti, 30. 12. 2018.
   
• Mladen Bićanić: Pansion Eden - od raja do pakla. Oslobodenje, 28. 12. 2018.
   
• Tomislav Čadež: 'U Mađarskoj se još uvijek osjećaju posljedice komunizma, Hrvati su puno otvoreniji prema novome' (interview). Jutarnji, 12. 12. 2018.
   
• Alina Lelescu: Pansion Eden/Nunta cea de taină. Epona.ro, 04. 11. 2019. (read the English translation here)