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Krsto Papić · 1969
Synopsis
1948, in the Dalmatian hinterland, just after the break between Tito and the Cominform. Ante, forty, marries the very young Višnja. In the middle of the wedding two men from the political police, Krešo and Ćazim, burst in, evidently come to arrest someone, though no one knows whom. The groom's best man, Andrija, a powerful man of the district whose word is law, does not fear them. The feast goes on, and the tension rises.
Context
Released in 1969, it runs eighty minutes. The screenplay is by the writer Mirko Kovač and the director, the photography by Vjenceslav Orešković; Fabijan Šovagović and Adem Čejvan play the leading roles. It shows the psychosis of those years as it fell upon the lives of ordinary people. The film was not authorised to represent Yugoslavia at Cannes, and the Directors' Fortnight presented it in 1970.
Who it is for
Eighty minutes, in Croatian. Better to know what was at stake in 1948 between Belgrade and Moscow, and what was done at the time with those suspected of siding with the latter.
Prizes and reception
Golden Arena for directing at Pula in 1970, the first Yugoslav film to tackle the Cominform years head on; fourth in the critics' poll of 2020.
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