''The Stone Gate'' (''Kamenita vrata'') is a 1992 Croatian film directed by

Ante Babaja Ante Babaja (6 October 1927 – 14 January 2010) was a notable Croatian film director and screenwriter. Babaja finished high school in Zagreb before going on to enrol at the University of Zagreb where he studied law and economy. He started work ...

, starring Ivica Kunčević and Vedrana Međimorec.

Plot

Branko Boras, a physician (Ivica Kunčević), is writing a book about the

afterlife The afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body. The surviving ess ...

. Alienated from the world, with a failed marriage behind him, he meets Ana (Vedrana Međimorec), a somewhat mysterious woman who is a wife of a ''

nouveau riche ''Nouveau riche'' (; ) is a term used, usually in a derogatory way, to describe those whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. The equivalent English term is the "new rich" or "new money" ( ...

'' (Kruno Šarić). In her, Boras recognizes a soulmate, and they become close. His health is however, seriously failing, and reality and imagination begin to mix on his journey to the beyond...

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* 1992 films 1990s Croatian-language films Films directed by Ante Babaja Croatian drama films Films set in Zagreb 1992 drama films {{Croatia-film-stub