Behind the Glass (film)

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| name = Behind the Glass

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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|hr|Iza stakla}}

| director = Zrinko Ogresta

| producer =

| writer =

| starring = Leon Lučev
Jadranka Đokić
Daria Lorenci

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| country = Croatia

| language = Croatian

| runtime = 80 minutes

| released = {{Film date|2008|7|5|df=yes}}

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Behind the Glass ({{langx|hr|Iza stakla}}) is a 2008 Croatian drama film directed by Zrinko Ogresta.{{Cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/ff.aspx?t=ffocusarticle&l=en&tid=1616&did=86824|title = Behind the Glass}} The film premiered at the 2008 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/kultura/pula-premijera-filma-iza-stakla-zrinka-ogreste-15056|title=Pula: premijera filma "Iza stakla" Zrinka Ogreste|language=hr|trans-title=Pula: premiere of the film "Behind the Glass" by Zrinko Ogresta|date=22 July 2008|work=Slobodna Dalmacija|access-date=20 July 2021}}

Plot

Successful thirty-something architect Nikola can feel the walls closing in. Already stressed at the office due to a coworker's breach of professional ethics, he goes home to a life with a wife, Maja, and young daughter that offers no respite. Maja can barely contain her pain and anger over her awareness that Nikola is having an affair. Ana, his colleague and mistress of six years, is near a meltdown of her own, as his endless promises to leave Maja continue to ring hollow. Something's got to give — and so it does when Maja drops a bomb on a family gathering and Nikola loses his precarious balance as his life spins out of control. Unable to take actions or even make decisions to reverse the havoc he has wreaked, Nikola finally learns all too well the meaning of the old axiom “he who hesitates is lost” in the midst of unexpectedly tragic consequences.

Cast

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Leon Lučev as Nikola Jeren
Jadranka Đokić as Maja Jeren
Daria Lorenci as Ana
Anja Šovagović-Despot as Ljerka
Božidarka Frajt as Maja's mother
Vanja Drach as Maja's father
Katarina Ljeljak as Ida
{{Interlanguage link multi|Boris Svrtan|hr}} as Bosko
Krešimir Mikić as Miha
Nina Violić as Marta

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
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rowspan=4\| 2008 \| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival \| Best Film (Crystal Globe) \| Behind the Glass \| {{Nom}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/karlovy-vary-unveils-lineup-1117987933\|title=Karlovy Vary unveils lineup\|first=Nick\|last=Holdworth\|work=Variety\|date=23 June 2008\|access-date=20 July 2021}}
Motovun Film Festival \| Audience Award \| Zrinko Ogresta \| {{Won}} \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.ikonartsfoundation.org/zrinko-ogresta/\|title=A new psychological drama by Zrinko Ogresta\|date=2 September 2014\|work=Ikon Arts Foundation\|access-date=20 July 2021}}
rowspan=2\| Pula Film Festival \| Best Actress \| Jadranka Đokić \| {{Won}} \|rowspan=2\| {{cite web\|url=http://62.pulafilmfestival.hr/en/component/spidercontacts/showcontact/616?contact_id=1033&page_num=22&back=1&order_by=&Itemid=616\|title=Natrag na pretragu\|language=hr\|access-date=20 July 2021}}
Best Cinematography \| Davorin Gecl \| {{Won}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|1265980}}

Category:2008 drama films

Category:2008 films

Category:Films set in Zagreb

Category:Croatian drama films

Category:2000s Croatian-language films