Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Spanning decades, the film follows lovers Lovro and Nenad and their friends Stevan and Ivan, a group of gay partisans who fought against the Ustashas and Nazis. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers navigating life in post-WWII Communist Yugoslavia. As they rise to fame, they are forced to create propaganda for the regime, risking everything to protect their identities and each other. In 1957 their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives, a party loyalist hiding his own secrets, whose loyalties begin to falter. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir's beliefs are challenged. Lush, intimate, and politically charged (and with startling parallels to our current political climate), Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is a poignant story of resistance — against oppression, against silence, and for the freedom to live and love without fear.
Directed by Ivona Juka · Written by Ivona Juka
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Cast
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Dado Ćosić Lovro Horvat -
Emir Hadžihafizbegović Emir -
Slaven Došlo Stevan -
Đorđe Galić Nenad Miličić -
Elmir Krivalić Ivan -
Dražen Čuček Goran Drenković -
Anja Šovagović-Despot Lovrina majka -
Vojislav Brajović Lovrin otac -
Asja Jovanović Ankica - Ivana Boban Sanja
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Milica Mihajlović Sanela Servar -
Svetozar Cvetković Godež Klemac
Make it a double feature
4h 52m together
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
You Carry Me
Both from Ivona Juka.
