I Believe in Angels

I Believe in Angels

A Meditteranean romcom with a pinch of the Sun, the sea, the salt and love

2009 · 101 min · ★ 5.0 · Romance, Drama, Comedy

When Dea, the youngest member of a conservative family from a small village on the outskirts of Split, recieves the news of her pregnancy, she's sent out into the night and is forced to seek shelter, finally deciding on a nearby island populated with quirky locals with bizzare attributes and tendencies. The unofficial head of this island community is Šime, a mailman who masks his habit of reading the mail sent out to a by the locals, with a supposed gift of clairvoyance. After she accidentally stumbles across his database, Dea decides to use the mailman for her own advantage, and their growing feelings for each other make the situation that much easier.

Directed by Nikša Sviličić · Written by Nikša Sviličić

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