Dalibor Matanić : 2015
Zvizdan
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred. What connects the stories is the fact that the love between a Croatian man and a Serbian woman is in a way forbidden, whether it takes place in 1991, 2001 or 2011. The first story is set in 1991, right before the war begins, and there is a high degree of tension, which is bad grounds for any romance, let alone one between two young people from neighbouring villages, but of different nationalities. Ten years later, the war is over, but not forgotten – the protagonists have to face the scars that are still far from healed. In the third story, set in 2011, there are no more threats nor tensions, but the doubts have not been erased. A film about the dangers, and the enduring strength, of forbidden love. Dalibor Matanić's feature was winner of the Jury Prize when it premiered in competition in the Un Certain Regard section at Festival de Cannes 2015.
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