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‘Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day’ Review: Voices of Dissent Rise Above Propaganda in Ivona Juka’s Reverberant and Reckless Drama
Hidden prisons of all kinds are revealed in Ivona Juka's film, which was Croatia's entry for best international feature at the Oscars.
The film is set in 1957, just after the country escaped the threat of fascism of the Nazis, only to fall into the clutches of communist Josef Broz Tito, who was no less shy about casting off dissenting voices, including those of the gay community. Having a supporter in the upper reaches of government from serving time in the military, the two spend their days on set without interference and can be seen holding hands at the dinner table of Lovro’s parents without a care in the world. The film isn’t as rebellious against narrative conventions as it is in other respects, which makes the moments where passion can cloud coherence, both in its anger but also in reverie as scenes of dance and merriment can also feel gratuitous, come across as aggravatingly out of sync.
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