Quit Staring at My Plate () is a 2016 Croatian-Danish drama film written and directed by Hana Jušić.

The film premiered in the Venice Days section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, in which it was awarded the Fedeora Award for Best European Film. It was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Quit Staring at My Plate

Plot

After her domineering father has a stroke, a 24-year-old woman becomes the sole breadwinner of a family. She adjusts to her newfound role and the freedom that it gives. An overbearing responsibility of supporting her entitled mother and lazy older brother who the family has treated as disabled breaks and mends her from time to time.

Quit Staring at My Plate

Cast

Mia Petričević as Marijana

Nikša Butijer as Zoran

Arijana Čulina as Vera

Zlatko Burić as Lazo

Karla Brbić as Andjela

Bruna Bebić-Tudor as Ivana

Marijana Mikulić as Katarina

See also

List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Quit Staring at My Plate

References

External links

2016 drama films

2016 films

Danish drama films

Croatian drama films

2016 directorial debut films