Directed by:
Vinko BrešanScreenplay:
Mate MatišićCinematography:
Branko LintaCast:
Goran Bogdan, Nikša Butijer, Sebastian Cavazza, Branko Cvejic, Ivan Djuricic, Goran Navojec, Daniel Olbrychski, Lazar Ristovski, Alma Prica, Bojan Navojec (more)Plots(1)
Three surreal, interconnected stories, each of them linked to Croatia’s traumatic past. It all starts on New Year’s Eve when a group of parents – Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks – steal the coffin of the late Croatian president, Franjo Tuđman, from his tomb. They want to exchange his remains for information on the whereabouts of their children who were killed in the war and buried in unmarked graves. Not everything goes according to plan. Tragicomic twists switch the plot between the coffin, some pensioners wearing Croatian national football team jerseys, and a suicidal general. When it is revealed how the three stories and their protagonists are connected, it looks like reality can sometimes be more controversial and more surprising than fiction. (Warsaw Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Goran Bogdan
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Sun (2017) (series)
The Priest's Children (2013)
The Uncle (2022)
Nikša Butijer
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Mother of Asphalt (2010)
The Lika Cinema (2008)
The Priest's Children (2013)
Sebastian Cavazza
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Sun (2017) (series)
See You in Montevideo (2014)
Halimin put (2012)
Branko Cvejic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984)
Petrijin venac (1980)
Balkan ekspres (1983)
Ivan Djuricic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Narodni heroj Ljiljan Vidić (2015)
Vegetarian Cannibal (2012)
Lea and Darija (2011)
Goran Navojec
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Dva igrača s klupe (2005)
Parade (2011)
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
Daniel Olbrychski
Poland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
Lazar Ristovski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
Alma Prica
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Halimin put (2012)
Witnesses (2003)
Comic Sans (2018)
Bojan Navojec
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Sun (2017) (series)
The Society of Jesus (2004)
Deliver Us from Evil (2009)
Vedran Mlikota
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Dva igrača s klupe (2005)
Will Not End Here (2008)
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Slobodan Milovanovic
Best movies:
Virdzina (1991)
Will Not End Here (2008)
Witnesses (2003)
Krešimir Mikić
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Society of Jesus (2004)
Mother of Asphalt (2010)
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Iva Mihalić
Croatia
Best movies:
Daddy (2011)
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The Weekend Away (2022)
Ksenija Marinkovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Constitution (2016)
The High Sun (2015)
The Happiest Man in the World (2022)
Drazen Kuhn
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No One's Son (2008)
Witnesses (2003)
The Priest's Children (2013)
Slaven Knezovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Cirkus Columbia (2010)
No One's Son (2008)
Halimin put (2012)
Goran Grgic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No One's Son (2008)
A Perfect Day (2015)
Gospa (1995)
Mate Gulin
Best movies:
A Perfect Day (2015)
On the Other Side (2016)
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Mladen Cutura
Yugoslavia