Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Iva and Marija, a young 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 dominates the building. Other tenants include her calm husband, her grown-up son Daniel who has a crush on Iva, the prostitute Lidija, an abused housewife, a widower keeping the corpse of his newly deceased wife, a gynecologist performing abortions in one flat of the house, and an ex-soldier who regularly plays martial music at night. After Olga finds out that Iva and Marija are lesbians, the situation escalates .
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Absolutely Fantastic
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
The acting in this movie is really good.
It starts like a promising movie, that will offer tense atmosphere and the camera close ups of the ugly faces of the neighbors, leads to that.But the suspension is soon gone, some illogical actions (like not calling the police even it is obvious that there is a dead old women in the apartment) than static, puppet like persons strained in this neighborhood not connected what so ever with the world outside its boundaries, stereotypes (two skinheads, worn out soldier) So I was also stacked within those boundaries, not many questions or conflicts, left at will of the director, who doesn't care about the audience. I just watch and watch, indifferently, till it finished.Rosemary's Baby is a good example for me, of keeping suspension and let you and the world involved in the story.That all i have to say about this movie.
I think this is better then any movies I've seen from my country (Serbia) for a very long time. Living in USA, I have a hard time coming across movies from my country, let alone from Croatia or other countries in the region. But I did come across this movie, and I think it was excellent. Camera and editing if superb. However, I think the name of the movie is terrible. I like the way story unfolds and although its somewhat predictable, I think that it was very good and I was never bored, I kept wanting to see what is going to happen next and that is always a good thing. I think the story-within-story is actually quite great and I think the movie wouldn't have been what it is if it wasn't for that part.
This is 'a story in a story movie'. A woman is telling a story from a few years ago to a policeman because her son is kidnapped. And that part of the movie - her story - is great. With 'crazy house' that she moved in, weird neighbours strange situations. I think that the movie would've been better if it had ended with that, without 'the present story'. I really don't see a reason for that kidnapping part. Maybe to extend the lenght of the movie (only 75 minutes), but that just lowered my opinion about this movie. So it's 8, but could have been 9 or even 10 (if it was 60 minutes:-)
Film is fast, funny, it has drama and some violence. New generation of croatian actors predict better future for croatian film makers and whole "movie industry".But, if you aren't familiar with croatian social circumstances, you'll lose some understanding of the movie. Still, watch it, you won't regret it.