6.5
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (2026)
January 23, 20262h 17mHR
Overview
Four close friends, Lovro (21), Nenad (20), Stevan (22), and Ivan (20), fought against the Ustashas and Nazis by joining the partisans in WWII. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers. In 1957, in Communist Yugoslavia, their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir (52) is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir's beliefs are challenged.
Director
Ivona JukaWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Croatian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
4FilmQuiet Revolution PicturesOrkaCaretta FilmsDepoTastemakers Studio
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Brent Marchant
6.0When a filmmaker comes up with a good idea for a movie, it’s essential to make sure that all of the key elements are in place when production begins and that carry through into the finished product. This is particularly true for nailing the items intended to have the most impact and eliminating the flotsam that can clutter the final cut. But, in the case of writer-director Ivona Juka’s third feature outing, the filmmaker only gets the formula half right. Without a doubt, Juka scores big on the high-impact material, but the completed work truly could have used another round of script revisions…
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