''Slow Days'' () is a 2006

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Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n indie film. Set in the Croatian capital

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

and its satellite town,

Velika Gorica Velika Gorica () is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the city itself has a population of 31,341, and the municipality has a population of 63,517 inhabitants. Velika Gorica is the centre ...

, it follows the lives of over twenty individuals. It was directed, written, and edited over a period of three years by the young

Matija Kluković Matija Kluković (born 4 May 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian independent film director. In 2006 he finished his debut feature '' Slow Days'' (''Ajde, dan... prođi...'') that has received much critical acclaim from Croatian film critics, w ...

and starred, among others, Višnja Pešić, Filip Šuster, Marija Kohn, Petra Težak, and Nina Benović. In Croatia, the film received critical acclaim for its independent style of film-making, terrific cast of non-actors combined with professional actors, and black and white cinematography by Bojana Burnać, the first female

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in Croatian film history.Bojana, Žena S Kamerom - Dugometražni Film - Filmski.Net
/ref> It won the Golden Pram award at Zagreb Film Festival and internationally premiered at the

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in 2007.

References

External links

Official web site
* 2006 films Croatian drama films Films set in Zagreb {{Croatia-film-stub