{{short description|2002 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Fine Dead Girls | native_name = {{Infobox name module | language = Croatian | title = Fine mrtve djevojke | nolink = }}
| image = Fine Dead Girls FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = English-language DVD cover released by the Global Film Initiative | director = Dalibor Matanić | producer = Jozo Patljak | writer = Dalibor Matanić, Mate Matišić | narrator = | starring = Olga Pakalović<br>Nina Violić<br>Krešimir Mikić<br>Inge Appelt<br>Ivica Vidović<br>Milan Štrljić | music = Jura Ferina, Pavle Miholjević | cinematography = Branko Linta | editing = Tomislav Pavlić | studio = Alka-Film Zagreb | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2002|07|24|Croatia|df=y}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = Croatia | language = Croatian | budget = €450,000<ref name="polimac">{{cite web |last1=Polimac |first1=Nenad |author-link1=Nenad Polimac |title=Fine mrtve djevojke - najbolji hrvatski film od Maršala |url=http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/13172/fine-mrtve-djevojke-najbolji-hrvatski-film-od-marsala |website=Nacional |access-date=16 August 2018 |location=Zagreb |language=hr |date=30 July 2002}}</ref> | gross = }}
'''''Fine Dead Girls''''' ({{langx|hr|'''Fine mrtve djevojke'''}}; also distributed internationally as '''''Nice Dead Girls''''') is a 2002 Croatian drama film that premiered in July 2002, at the Pula Film Festival. The film has been named one of the best Croatian films since Croatia's independence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Malašić Lazić |first=Gordana |title=Pula film festival: Najbolji filmovi u posljednjih 25 godina su… |url=https://www.scena.hr/dogadjanja/pula-film-festival-najbolji-filmovi/ |website=Scena.hr |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=hr |date=17 June 2016}}</ref> It caught much attention due to its controversial, provocative themes.
== Plot == Iva (Olga Pakalović) and Marija (Nina Violić), a lesbian couple, rent an apartment in Zagreb in a building that seems to provide a quiet and safe environment for their love, but over time the atmosphere in the building becomes more and more threatening.
The elder landlady Olga (Inge Appelt) dominates the building. Other tenants include her calm husband, her grown-up son Daniel (Krešimir Mikić) who has a crush on Iva, the prostitute Lidija (Jadranka Đokić), an abused housewife, a widower keeping the corpse of his newly deceased wife, a gynecologist (Boris Miholjević) performing abortions in one flat of the house, and an ex-soldier who regularly plays martial music at night. The characters are meant to display the madness of the post-war Croatian society.
Marija's conservative religious father secretly stalks his daughter, and pays Lidija to try to seduce Iva, which fails.
After Olga finds out that Iva and Marija are lesbians, the situation escalates to rape, murder and kidnapping.
== Cast == * Olga Pakalović as Iva * Nina Violić as Marija * Krešimir Mikić as Daniel * Inge Appelt as Olga the Landlady * Ivica Vidović as Blaž * Milan Štrljić as Inspektor * Mirko Boman * Jadranka Đokić as Lidija the Prostitute * Boris Miholjević as Perić the Gynecologist * {{ill|Marina Poklepović|hr}} as Marina Kostelac * Janko Rakos * {{ill|Ilija Zovko|hr}}
== Awards and nominations == === Pula Film Festival 2002 === * Audience Award "Golden Gate Pula"<ref name="pula">{{cite web |title=FINE MRTVE DJEVOJKE |url=http://pulafilmfestival.hr/hr/filmovi/2231 |website=Pula Film Festival |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=hr |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816063450/http://pulafilmfestival.hr/hr/filmovi/2231 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Big Golden Arena<ref name="pula"/> * Golden Arena<ref name="pula"/> ** Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ivica Vidović<ref name="pula"/> ** Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Olga Pakalović<ref name="pula"/> ** Best Director: Dalibor Matanić<ref name="pula"/>
=== Geneva Cinéma Tout Ecran 2003 === * Young Jury Award – Dalibor Matanić<ref>{{cite web |title=PALMARES 2003 |url=http://www.giff.ch/2003/ |website=Geneva International Film Festival |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=fr |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816062128/http://www.giff.ch/2003/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Sochi International Film Festival and Awards 2003 === * Special Jury Award – Dalibor Matanić<ref>{{cite web |title=Film "Fine mrtve djevojke" nagrađen na festivalu u Rusiji |url=https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/film-fine-mrtve-djevojke-nagradjen-na-festivalu-u-rusiji/144131.aspx |website=Index.hr |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=hr}}</ref> (tied with ''At kende sandheden'' (2002)) * Golden Rose – Dalibor Matanić (nominated)
=== 75th Academy Awards === * Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (not nominated)<ref name="finemrtve">{{cite web|url=http://www.dalibormatanic.com/index.php/lang-hr/fine-mrtve-djevojke|title=Fine mrtve djevojke|work=DaliborMatanic.com|language=hr|access-date=23 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223210/http://www.dalibormatanic.com/index.php/lang-hr/fine-mrtve-djevojke|archive-date=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="academy 75">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners | work=oscars.org|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{IMDb title|0329083|Fine Dead Girls}} *[http://www.filmski-programi.hr/baza_film.php?id=30 ''Fine Dead Girls''] at Filmski-Programi.hr {{in lang|hr}}
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Category:2002 films Category:Croatian drama films Category:Croatian LGBTQ-related films Category:Lesbian-related films Category:Films directed by Dalibor Matanić Category:Films set in Zagreb Category:Films shot in Croatia Category:2000s LGBTQ-related drama films Category:2002 LGBTQ-related films Category:2002 drama films Category:Films with screenplays by Mate Matišić Category:2000s Croatian films