Stipan, a young policeman working in Split, is punished for not performing well at work and gets a seemingly ridiculous task. On an island that Stipan’s family is from, a group of pensioners a, all former members of SUBNOR-a (Veteran Partisans’ Organization) led by an old partisan Marinko Cicin, behave suspiciously. Their odd behaviour began after the funeral of one of their fellow partisans, and there is a rumor that they saw a ghost at that funeral. The island is pretty neglected because tourism has been dead for years, so all those who had a chance to leave did so. Stipan starts his investigation which goes round in circles, until a middle aged couple from Zagreb reports seeing Josip Broz Tito’s ghosts in his marshal uniform at the cemetery. Luka, the mayor, decides to promote “socialist – spiritual tourism”, and redecorates the town in a “socialist manner” . Labour Day parades, “štafete” and similar attractions” begin attracting “tourists” and Stipan intensifies his imvestigation. He finds some medals and a Cuban cigar at the place where “Tito’s ghost” was last seen…
Cast
Awards
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, FORUM, Germany, 2000
- The Wolfgang Staudte Prize
KARLOVY VARY international film festival, Czech republic, 2000
- Best Director
Pula film festival, 2000, Croatia
- Audience Award for best film
- the Grand golden arena for Best Film
- the golden arena for Best Actor
- the golden arena for Best Make-up
- the golden arena for Best Music
- the golden arena for Best Screenplay
Camera Festival “Manaki Brothers”, Macedonia, 2000
- Audience Award
VALENCIA int'l film festival, Spain, 2000
- Bronze Palm and "Pierre Kast prize" for best screenplay
cinemed- international festival of mediterranean film, France, 2000
- Prix Mediterranee
BRATISLAVA international film festival, Slovakia, 2000
- Special Mention
Festivals
BRUSSELS "L’AGE D’OR" film festival, Belgium, 2000
JERUSALEM int'l film festival, Israel, 2000
EDINBURGH international film festival, UK, 2000
"Filmpodium der Stadt" film festival, Switzerland, 2000
"Der Neue Heimatfilm" festival, Austria, 2000
MONTREAL international film festival, Canada, 2000
film festival "Film by the Sea", The Netherlands, 2000
VANCOUVER international film festival, Canada , 2000
WARSAW international film festival, Poland, 2000.
RIO DE JANEIRO int'l film festival, Brazil, 2000.
PUSAN int'l film festival, South Korea, 2000
STRASBOURG international film festival, France, 2000
LJUBLJANA international film festival, Slovenia, 2000
THESSALONIKI international film festival, Greece, 2000