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07/2012 | 52’ | dcp, DigiBetaColourČedoDirected by Nikola StrašekFactumNova Ves 1810 000 Zagreb, CroatiaTel: +385 (0)1 4854 821info@factum.com.hrwww.factum.com.hrČedo is a documentary film about Čedo Šaraba, ahomeless man on the fringes of society; the likesof whom we see every day in our streets, parks andtrams, collecting plastic bottles and begging formoney. Čedo is 45 years old, an alcoholic and a drugaddict with no legal income. His mother is Croatianand his father is Montenegrin. At the age of 12 hestarted to drink and at 16 he was diagnosed withalcoholism. Although he is a Catholic, baptized byFranciscan monks, he and his mother were harassedin the 1990s because of their (Montenegrin) familyname. Čedo’s first name was not very popular either.The 1990s also saw him becoming addicted to heroin.Today, Čedo Šaraba and a few of his mates haveagreed to tell their life stories on camera, and Čedohas allowed the film crew to film in the apartment hepays for with his methadone therapy. This basementapartment is one of the iconic symbols of Zagreb’svulnerable demimonde.Written by Nikola StrašekCinematography Dragan ŠišaEditing Iva MrkićMusic Eddie James ‘Son’ House, Blind WilliesJohnsonProduced by Nenad PuhovskiProduction Company Factum46 Documentaries 2012