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A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)
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Original name: Ta divna splitska noć
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is set over the course of a New Year's Eve night in the Croatian port city of Split, where it follows three parallel plots. The first plot line features a small-time drug dealer Nike (Marinko Prga) and a young widow Marija (Nives Ivankovic); the second plot line deals with a drug addict called Maja (Marija Skaricic) who decides to have sex with an US Navy sailor called Franky (Coolio) in exchange for some heroin; the third one shows a young couple, Luka and Andela (Vicko Bilandzic and Ivana Roscic) who spend the night desperately looking for a place to celebrate the New Year by having their first sexual experience. The plots are connected through Dino Dvornik's concert, where all of them pass through at some point, and through the omnipresent fireworks that dot the night sky over the course of the film.
Style:
serious, neo noir, disturbing, rough, bleak, realistic, anthology, non-linear, crying, f word
Plot:
new year, drug abuse, new year's eve, murder, dealer, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, small town, prostitute, addiction, life is a bitch, society, concert, social decay, small town life, going straight, urban ghetto life, sailor, police officer, violence, female nudity, sex scene, suicidal, death, bird ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
croatia, eastern europe, bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, rough, stylized, erotic ...
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Story:
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