''Sex, Drink and Bloodshed'' () is a 2004
Croatia
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omnibus action film
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. The film depicts violence among
football fans in Croatia on an
Eternal Derby, a match between the country's two most popular football teams,
Dinamo and
Hajduk
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. It is divided into three stories: "Seks", "Piće" and "Krvoproliće" ("Sex", "Drink" and "Bloodshed" in English), directed by
Boris T. Matić,
Zvonimir Jurić
Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled '' The Blacks''.
Early life
Born in Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia, on 4 June 1971, Jurić fi ...
and
Antonio Nuić, respectively.
Cast
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Franjo Dijak as Njonjo (segment "Krvoproliće")
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Bogdan Diklić
Bogdan Diklić ( sr-Cyrl, Богдан Диклић; ; born 1 August 1953) is a Serbian actor. He has been active since the late 1970s and starred in over one hundred Yugoslav films and television series. Diklić made ten films with director Gor ...
as Komšija (segment "Seks")
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Matko Fabeković as Dario (segment "Seks")
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Admir Glamočak as Sejo (segment "Seks")
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Hrvoje Kečkeš as Žac
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Daria Lorenci as Policewoman (segment "Piće")
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Leon Lučev as Roko Vitaljić (segment "Piće")
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Ksenija Marinković as Valerija (segment "Seks")
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Krešimir Mikić as Zlatko Šnur
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Bojan Navojec as Mario (segment "Krvoproliće")
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Leona Paraminski
Leona Paraminski (born 22 August 1979) is a Croatian film, theater and television actress. She grew up in Vrbovec, a town near Zagreb, and spent time traveling around Croatia and Germany as a child.
Biography
Leona became interested in the art ...
as Martina (segment "Krvoproliće")
* as
Bad Blue Boy (the nickname for a supporter of Dinamo)
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Rakan Rushaidat as Goc (segment "Krvoproliće")
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Dražen Sivak as Policeman (segment "Piće")
Critical reception
Critics gave mostly favorable reviews of ''Sex, Drink and Bloodshed''. Croatican film critic Dean Šoša, writing for ''
Nacional
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Bank
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'', rated the film 4 out of 5. He said the film is "not without faults", but that it is a "very decent and suggestive work of art", calling it the "most interesting product of Croatian cinematography since ' and ''
See You''."
References
External links
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2004 films
2000s Croatian-language films
2004 action films
Croatian anthology films
Croatian action films
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