''Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day'' ( Croatian: ''Lijepa večer, lijep dan'') is a 2024

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film written and directed by

Ivona Juka Ivona Juka is a Croatian and Montenegrin film director. She is the author of award-winning short films ''Garbage'' and ''Editing'', which were selected in Official competition of US festivals. She was selected by European Film Academy as one of 5 ...

. It stars

Emir Hadžihafizbegović Emir Hadžihafizbegović (; born 20 August 1961) is a Bosnian actor. Often regarded as one of the best actors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, he has appeared in over fifty films, including '' When Father Was Away on Business'' (1985), ''Remake'' (20 ...

, Elmir Krivalić, Dado Ćosić,

Slaven Došlo Slaven "Slavko" Došlo ( sr-Cyrl, Славен "Славко" Дошло; born 11 April 1991) is a Serbian actor. He is best known for his highly praised roles in '' Next to Me'' (2015) and ''Panama'' (2015). Biography Došlo graduated from Bel ...

, and Đorđe Galić. A

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between Croatia, Poland, Canada, Cyprus, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the film was filmed in Croatia, and selected as the Croatian entry for Best International Feature Film at the

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but was not nominated.

Synopsis

Lovro and his friends Nenad, Stevan, and Ivan rebelled against the

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and joined the

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. Sixteen years later, they are renowned artists who feel entitled to criticize the society for which they fought. Although they are veterans worthy of the Yugoslav Partisans, the party does not like the films they create, and the party hires Agent Emir to sabotage their work when their sexuality becomes suspicious.

Cast

* Elmir Krivalić * Dado Ćosić *

* Đorđe Galić *

Goran Grgić Goran Grgić (born 17 November 1965) is a Croatian theatre, television and film actor. Grgić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1990. Upon graduation he was hired as a regular cast member at the '' Gavella'' theatre in Zagreb ...

* Asja Jovanovic * Milica Mihajlovic * Vedran Mlikota * Enes Vejzovic * Marko Braić * Anja Šovagović * Matija Prskalo

Release

It had a limited release at Kino Forum on September 9, 2024.

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