Safe Place unfolds over a single day, following a family trying to keep one of their own alive after he attempts to take his own life.
What is Safe Place about?
The film follows Damir and his family across roughly twenty-four hours after a suicide attempt, as they try to keep him safe while navigating the practical and emotional weight of the crisis. Rather than spanning years, the story stays close to this compressed timeframe, following the family's efforts moment by moment as they respond to what has happened and try to hold things together. The film keeps its focus tight on the people directly involved, tracking how a single day of crisis reshapes the relationships around Damir.
About the cast
Juraj Lerotić, who also directs, appears in the cast alongside Goran Marković, Snježana Sinovčić, Branimir Rakić, Igor Samobor, Izudin Bajrović, Jasmin Mekić, and Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš. The ensemble plays the family and the people drawn into the day's events, grounding the story in a small, closely observed circle.
Context & significance
Safe Place is a drama from Croatia and Slovenia, made with a restrained, close-observation style suited to its compressed one-day timeframe. It approaches a difficult subject — a family responding to a loved one's suicide attempt — without sensationalizing the crisis, keeping its attention on the practical and emotional reality the family faces rather than on the act itself. Its runtime stays close to an hour and three quarters, a length that matches the single-day structure without stretching the crisis past what the story needs.
Watching Safe Place on Ktime
The film streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers access to the story in their own language. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the page is open to read without one, on a platform built for Farsi-first streaming for Persian-speaking audiences abroad. Viewers sensitive to themes of suicide should be aware of the subject before watching.