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Wikipedia article
'Fine Dead Girls' (; also distributed internationally as 'Nice Dead Girls') is a 2002 Croatian drama film that premiered in July 2002, at the Pula Film Festival. The film has been named one of the best Croatian films since Croatia's independence. It caught much attention due to its controversial, provocative themes.
Plot
Iva (Olga Pakalovi) and Marija (Nina Violi), a lesbian couple, rent an apartment in Zagreb in a building that seems to provide a quiet and safe environment for their love, but over time the atmosphere in the building becomes more and more threatening.
The elder landlady Olga (Inge Appelt) dominates the building. Other tenants include her calm husband, her grown-up son Daniel (Kreimir Miki) who has a crush on Iva, the prostitute Lidija (Jadranka oki), an abused housewife, a widower keeping the corpse of his newly deceased wife, a gynecologist (Boris Miholjevi) performing abortions in one flat of the house, and an ex-soldier who regularly plays martial music at night. The characters are meant to display the madness of the post-war Croatian society.
Marija's conservative religious father secretly stalks his daughter, and pays Lidija to try to seduce Iva, which fails.
After Olga finds out that Iva and Marija are lesbians, the situation escalates to rape, murder and kidnapping.
Cast
* Olga Pakalovi as Iva
* Nina Violi as Marija
* Kreimir Miki as Daniel
* Inge Appelt as Olga the Landlady
* Ivica Vidovi as Bla
* Milan trlji as Inspektor
* Mirko Boman
* Jadranka oki as Lidija the Prostitute
* Boris Miholjevi as Peri the Gynecologist
* as Marina Kostelac
* Janko Rakos
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Awards and nominations
Pula Film Festival 2002
* Audience Award "Golden Gate Pula"* Big Golden Arena
* Golden Arena
** Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ivica Vidovi
** Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Olga Pakalovi
** Best Director: Dalibor Matani
Geneva Cinma Tout Ecran 2003
* Young Jury Award Dalibor MataniSochi International Film Festival 2003
* Special Jury Award Dalibor Matani (tied with 'At kende sandheden' (2002))* Golden Rose Dalibor Matani (nominated)
75th Academy Awards
* Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (not nominated)References
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