STATUS DJEČJEGA LIKA U HRVATSKOME DUGOMETRAŽNOM IGRANOM FILMU U RAZDOBLJU OD 1991. DO 2020. GODINE
THE STATUS OF CHILD CHARACTERS IN CROATIAN FEATURE FICTION FILMS IN THE PERIOD FROM 1991 TO 2020

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the position of child characters in Croatian feature fiction films. For this purpose, a content analysis of eleven selected films, made in the period from 1991 to 2020 was carried out. In the theoretical part, the paper starts from the assumption that film is a medium of mass communication that establishes a dialogue with the audience with a specific purpose and reason, therefore it often appears as an interpreter of social events. The aforementioned turned out to be particularly interesting in the analyzed films, in which it is precisely through the child’s character that the broader social and cultural problems of today are pointed out. Following the theoretical starting points complemented by the content analysis of the selected films, research has shown that child characters in Croatian films mostly appear as important participants and witnesses, and more direct or indirect victims, as a rule, of family dramas and strained relationships between adults, most often parents.

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