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260 days (2025)
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Original name: 260 dana
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The carefree and somewhat idyllic life of a ten year old boy named Marijan is violently interrupted when war ravages his small town of Dalj and his families closest friends and neighbors turn on them purely because they are Croatian. Marijan is forced to witness and experience things an adult would have an incredibly difficult time dealing with. He is nevertheless faced with the inexplicably horrid events war brings out in people. The story centers on a present day Marijan- now the very successful owner of a wood manufacturing business. On one random day a man walks into his store and all of the memories he wishes he could long forget come flooding back, forcing him to relive them. Despite his immense hardships, Marijan lives on in forgiveness, always seeking the positives that lay in the future rather than rehashing and remaining in the past.
Style:
emotional, poignant, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama
Plot:
childhood, survivor, trauma, captivity, memory, forgiveness, war crime, ethnic conflict, flashback, violence, healing, loss, small town, coming of age, resilience, hopes, escape, reconciliation, revenge, nostalgia, slow burn, slavery, traumatic childhood, psychological drama
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia, yugoslavia
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Story:
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Style:
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