Ana Opačić

Named symbolically after an ornamental flowering tree, Magnolia follows a middle-aged literature professor over the course of a late summer afternoon. Torn between the past and a present in which she has not yet found a place for herself, she has been leading a stagnant life overburdened with everyday work. A single phone-call proves enough to interrupt her vegetative state - opening up a world of memories that disconcert and haunt her.

Accompanied by his wife, an aging music professor travels to his picturesque childhood hometown in order to collect his nerves after a tragic breakdown. However, upon the couple's return, nostalgic memories of all kind will trigger an equal amount of tension and happyness, with the idyllic circumstances turning more and more fragile and reaching a breaking point upon the arrival of Maša, the professor's estranged daughter from his first marriage.