| I Love You | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Dalibor Matanić |
| Producer: | Mario Orešković |
| Starring: | Krešimir Mikić |
| Cinematography: | Branko Linta |
| Editing: | Tomislav Pavlic |
| Studio: | Croatian Radiotelevision |
| Runtime: | 83 minutes |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Language: | Croatian |
I Love You (hr|Volim te) is a 2005 Croatian drama film directed and written by Dalibor Matanić.
Krešo is a successful young copywriter who works for a marketing company in Zagreb. He largely ignores his girlfriend Ana, preferring to spend time with his high school friends in rounds of alcohol, drugs and sex.[1]
When one day Krešo causes a death of a woman while driving under the influence, and gets infected with HIV from a subsequent blood transfusion, his life is turned upside down. He is left by his girlfriend, fired from his job, and gradually abandoned by his friends until he meets a good-natured waitress...[1]
In a favorable 2007 review in The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis describes the film as a "bleak drama [which] is an unusually perceptive scrutiny of absence and emptiness", emphasized further by gray and pastel tones of Branko Linta's cinematography.[2]
Croatian Film Association's database of Croatian films describes I Love You as a film with a modern style, dealing with an interesting and somewhat intriguing topic, but notes its one-dimensionality and predictability, arguing that characterization and depth were sacrificed in favor of the film's visual style.[3]
Ronnie Scheib from Variety called the film uneven, with perfect tech credits, music, ambience and visuals, good delivery of leading actors, but generally unconvincing plot.[4]