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The Dawn

Horizons 2021 / Zora / Croatia 2020

Not only must Matje and his family deal with an unresolved trauma from the past, but they are also faced with the dilemma of whether to flee the city or remain in a radicalizing society in which the chasm between the chosen elite and those considered inferior continues to grow relentlessly. Dalibor Matanić’s dystopian film shows that sometimes faith alone is not enough to fight the evil around us and the demons within.

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Synopsis

Not only must Matje and his family deal with an unresolved trauma from the past, but they are also faced with the dilemma of whether to flee the city or remain in a radicalizing society shaped by an ever increasing chasm between the chosen elite and those considered inferior. Renowned Croatian director Dalibor Matanić’s taut dystopian film – the second in his Trilogy of the Sun – shows that sometimes faith alone is not enough to fight the evil around us and the demons within. We must first come to terms with our dark past, and we must often fight for the light that we expect with the coming of dawn.

Natalia Kozáková

About the film

126 min / Color, DCP

Director Dalibor Matanić / Screenplay Dalibor Matanić / Dir. of Photography Marco Brdar / Editor Tomislav Pavlic / Producer Ankica Juric Tilic, Andrea Paris / Production Kinorama / Coproduction Ascent Films / Cast Kresimir Mikic, Tihana Lazovic, Maks Kleoncic, Lara Vladovic, Marco Mandic / Sales Cercamon

About the director

Dalibor Matanić

Dalibor Matanić (1975, Zagreb). Filmography: Fine Dead Girls (Fine mrtve djevojke, 2002), Mother of Asphalt (Majka asfalta, 2010), Daddy (Caca, 2011), The High Sun (Zvizdan, 2015), The Dawn (Zora, 2020).

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Cercamon
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United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971 566 063 824
E-mail: [email protected]

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Ankica Jurić Tilić
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