Set in a rural part of the eastern Croatian region, Mirjana leaves her stalled vehicle and walks down a deserted road. Ivo drives the nervous woman back to her car and takes her to a gas station. Anxiety mounts when the station attendant, offers to drive her himself, telling her that Ivo is a convicted rapist. The Reaper recounts us as three seperate stories involving, the stranded woman, a gas station attendant, and a police officer. Each vignette discloses a distinct aspect of Ivo's character, and the complex sum of their parts serves as a reflection of his torn country. The scars of war are still fresh, memories of Croatia's ordeals omnipresent in the village's communal life. Juric subtly orchestrates The Reaper's volatile narrative, maintaining a sense of danger that pervades the austere atmosphere right up until the grim climax.

Flagey, Brussels Film Festival