The Price of Life (1994)

Time passes slowly when darkness rises

103 min · Croatia · Dir. Bogdan Žižić

Vojvodina, 1991. A Croatian civilian POW named Ivan manages to escape a Serbian prison camp. Finding nowhere else to go, he spends the night on a seemingly wealthy plot of land. The next morning, he's discovered by its owner, a Serb named Stevan, who offers him two choices. Either Ivan stays and does Stevan's dirty work, or he surrenders him to Serbian paramilitary authorities. During his stay he meets Ana, Stevan's daughter-in-law, whose trapped in a loveless marriage with his violent son Dušan, whose currently situated on the frontlines somewhere in Croatia. Finding company in each other's sorrow, the two Croats slowly begin to fall in love.

Cast

Slavko Juraga

Ivan

Barbara Vicković

Anica

Ivan Tomljenović

Stevan

Edo Peročević

Tuco

Goran Grgić

Dušan

Ivan Brkić

Vaso

Senka Bulić

Desa

Mesud Dedović

Sonja Desnica

Tarik Filipović

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