Goran Rukavina

Crne Vode, Western Bosnia, 1993. Whilst being cornered on all sides by Serbian and Bosniak forces, a small squad of Croatian soldiers stars experiancing strange phenomena in the form of spectral apparitions from the past, not realizing that, fifty years prior, a squadron of the Croatian pro-nazi milita had an equally mysterious experiance on the same spot.

Man finds himself stuck in the moment between his wife's disappearance and new life created by his daughter and a new woman.

Petra, a young, just graduated economist returns to her native village Lokvica to take part in illegal business of smothering tobacco and other goods over the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, led by her grandmother Zorka.

The story begins when we learn that the lives of the main characters, although quite different and seemingly unrelated, are actually intertwined on multiple levels. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, a great friendship and business partnership of Matko and Zoran rudely ended.

Alen’s sudden downfall at the peak of his career triggers a series of personal and legal upheavals as an injury, a failed transfer, and a broken relationship lead him into a court battle handled by young attorney Maja Romić.

Lorena, a modern city girl, is sent to the countryside after a sequence of unforeseen and tragic events. The sale of the family estate she inherited from her late mother in her will marks the start of her journey to Dragošje, a small village in Slavonia. She initially planned to sell the house, but she ends up staying in the village.

Boris and Ana are spouses who dream of living in Brussels, where he would build his political career, and she would live a life worthy of a high-ranking politician’s wife. Their idea fails when Ana’s sister and her non-working husband settle in their home permanently, but also sisters’ father Drago.