Pula on Tour: Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

Pula on Tour: Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

dir. Ivona Juka; Croatia; 2024; 137 min

Croatia's submission for the 97th Academy Awards, Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day, earned Dado Ćosić the Golden Arena for Best Leading Actor at this year's Pula Film Festival. He received the award for his portrayal of Lovro, praised as "an exceptionally courageous, sensual and compelling performance that unites artistic passion, inner vulnerability, and the dignity of a man confronted with repression."

Set in 1950s Yugoslavia, the film follows four friends—renowned filmmakers and World War II veterans Lovro, Nenad, Stevan, and Ivan—who come under suspicion because of their homosexuality. Emir, a loyal Communist Party official, is assigned to destroy their careers and personal lives. As their search for freedom becomes a struggle for survival, Emir gradually begins to question his own beliefs.

Director Ivona Juka's previous feature film, You Carry Me (2015), was also Croatia's Academy Award submission and became the first Croatian film acquired by Netflix for worldwide distribution. Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day had its world premiere in San Francisco and its European premiere at the Warsaw International Film Festival. The film stars Dado Ćosić, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Slaven Došlo, Đorđe Galić, and Elmir Krivalić.

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