''The High Sun'' ( hr, Zvizdan) is a 2015 Croatian
drama film
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directed by
Dalibor Matanić
Dalibor Matanić (, born 21 January 1975) is a Croatian filmmaker.
His most well-known film is the 2002 feature '' Fine Dead Girls'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sochi film festival. His 2015 film '' The High Sun'' was screened ...
. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate ...
winning the Jury Prize.
It is the first Croatian film to be screened at Cannes since the country's independence in 1991.
The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
88th Academy Awards
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but it was not nominated.
Cast
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Tihana Lazović
Tihana Lazović (born 25 September 1990) is a Croatian film actress
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as Jelena / Nataša / Marija
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Goran Marković
Goran Marković ( sr-cyr, Горан Марковић, ) (born 24 August 1946) is a Serbian film and theatre director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright. He has directed approximately 50 documentaries, 13 feature films, and 3 theatre plays. ...
as Ivan / Ante / Luka
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Nives Ivanković as Jelena's / Nataša's mother
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Dado Ćosić as Saša / Dražen
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as Božo / Ivno
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Trpimir Jurkić
Trpimir I (, la, Trepimerus/Trepimero) was a duke ( hr, knez) in Croatia from around 845 until his death in 864. He is considered the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty that ruled in Croatia, with interruptions, from around 845 until 1091. A ...
as Ivan's / Luka's father
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Mira Banjac
Mira Banjac ( sr-Cyrl, Мира Бањац; born 4 November 1929) is a Serbian actress.
She won a number of awards, including an award for her work in Mamaroš from Brasil and Golden Medal for Merits of Republic of Serbia.
Selected filmograph ...
as Ivan's grandmother
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Slavko Sobin
Slavko Sobin (born 13 November 1984 in Split) is a Croatian actor.
Biography
At 18 Sobin moved to Los Angeles to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he graduated in 2007. Upon his return to Croatia, he moved to Zagreb an ...
as Mane / Dino
See also
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Croatian drama films
2010s Croatian-language films
Films directed by Dalibor Matanić
Films set in 1991
Films set in 2001
Films set in 2011
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