''The Priest's Children'' () is a 2013 Croatian comedy film directed by

Vinko Brešan Vinko Brešan (; born 3 February 1964) is a Croatian film director best known for directing several notable Croatian black comedies. Brešan emerged into prominence in Croatia and abroad with three critically acclaimed and award-winning films ...

Plot

Don Fabijan ( Krešimir Mikić) is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the

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. In order to help increase birth rate on the

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, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar (

Nikša Butijer Nikša () is a masculine given name, a Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian variant of Nikola (cognate to Nicholas). Notable people with the name include: *Nikša Bratoš (born 1959), Bosnian musician who gained fame in former Yugoslavia, member of bands Vale ...

) and the pharmacist Marin ( Dražen Kühn). After they abolish all forms of birth control on the entire island, the consequences become more and more complicated.

Cast

* Krešimir Mikić as Don Fabijan *

as Petar *

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as Marija * Dražen Kühn as Marin * Jadranka Đokić as Ana * Goran Bogdan as Jure * Stjepan Perić as Police officer Vlado * Ivan Brkić as Luka *

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* 1971 births Living people Male actors from Split, Croatia Croatian male fil ...

as Teacher Vinko * Stojan Matavulj as Mayor

Release and reception

The film was seen by 33,759 viewers during its opening weekend, which is the best opening of a Croatian film since the country's independence in 1991.

References

External links

* 2013 comedy films 2013 films Croatian comedy films Films set on islands Films set in the Mediterranean Sea 2010s Croatian-language films Films with screenplays by Mate Matišić Films scored by Mate Matišić {{Croatia-film-stub