Quit Staring at My Plate
A Croatian family drama follows an overburdened daughter who discovers that escaping domestic control is easier than deciding what freedom should mean.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- claustrophobic
- abrasive
- melancholic
- arthouse cinema night
- social drama double feature
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Marijana's family lives on top of one another in a tiny apartment, making physical confinement a constant source of pressure.
Marijana becomes responsible for the household after her father's stroke while discovering freedom through relationships outside the family.
Marijana works two jobs to keep the family afloat while caring for a bedridden father and supporting dependent relatives.
The family's mutual interference and attempts to undermine Marijana create harsh, darkly comic friction within an otherwise serious drama.
Films like Quit Staring at My Plate, and why
The Nothing Factory
shared intimate family pressure, female-centered social realism, and quietly abrasive domestic drama
Rosetta
shared claustrophobic domestic setting, working-class hardship, and a woman seeking autonomy
The Lure
shared bleakly comic family dysfunction, constrained women, and emotionally raw realism
Movie Details
- Director
- Hana Jušić
- Release Date
- 2016-09-01
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (22)
Cast
- Mia Petričević
- Nikša Butijer
- Arijana Čulina
- Zlatko Burić
- Karla Brbić
- Bruna Bebić-Tudor
- Marijana Mikulić
- Roko Sikavica
- Daria Lorenci Flatz
- Vicko Bilandžić
Common questions
- What is Quit Staring at My Plate about?
- A Croatian family drama follows an overburdened daughter who discovers that escaping domestic control is easier than deciding what freedom should mean.
- What is Quit Staring at My Plate like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Quit Staring at My Plate as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Quit Staring at My Plate violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Quit Staring at My Plate as mild.
- Which films are like Quit Staring at My Plate?
- Films with a similar feel include The Nothing Factory, Rosetta, and The Lure.
- How long is Quit Staring at My Plate?
- Quit Staring at My Plate runs 105 minutes.
