# Fine Dead Girls
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{{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](/source/Global_Film_Initiative)
| director = [Dalibor Matanić](/source/Dalibor_Matani%C4%87)
| producer = Jozo Patljak
| writer = [Dalibor Matanić](/source/Dalibor_Matani%C4%87), [Mate Matišić](/source/Mate_Mati%C5%A1i%C4%87)
| narrator =
| starring = [Olga Pakalović](/source/Olga_Pakalovi%C4%87)
[Nina Violić](/source/Nina_Violi%C4%87)
[Krešimir Mikić](/source/Kre%C5%A1imir_Miki%C4%87)
[Inge Appelt](/source/Inge_Appelt)
[Ivica Vidović](/source/Ivica_Vidovi%C4%87)
[Milan Štrljić](/source/Milan_%C5%A0trlji%C4%87)
| music = [Jura Ferina](/source/Jura_Ferina), [Pavle Miholjević](/source/Pavle_Miholjevi%C4%87)
| cinematography = [Branko Linta](/source/Branko_Linta)
| editing = [Tomislav Pavlić](/source/Tomislav_Pavli%C4%87)
| studio = [Alka-Film Zagreb](/source/Alka-Film_Zagreb)
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2002|07|24|Croatia|df=y}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = Croatia
| language = Croatian
| budget = €450,000[{{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](/source/Nacional_(weekly)) |access-date=16 August 2018 |location=Zagreb |language=hr |date=30 July 2002}}]
| gross =
}}
'''''Fine Dead Girls''''' ({{langx|hr|'''Fine mrtve djevojke'''}}; also distributed internationally as '''''Nice Dead Girls''''') is a 2002 [Croatia](/source/Croatia)n drama film that premiered in July 2002, at the [Pula Film Festival](/source/Pula_Film_Festival). The film has been named one of the best Croatian films since [Croatia's independence](/source/Independence_of_Croatia).[{{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}}] It caught much attention due to its controversial, provocative themes.
== Plot ==
Iva (Olga Pakalović) and Marija (Nina Violić), a [lesbian](/source/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](/source/Croatian_War_of_Independence) 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](/source/Olga_Pakalovi%C4%87) as Iva
* [Nina Violić](/source/Nina_Violi%C4%87) as Marija
* [Krešimir Mikić](/source/Kre%C5%A1imir_Miki%C4%87) as Daniel
* [Inge Appelt](/source/Inge_Appelt) as Olga the Landlady
* [Ivica Vidović](/source/Ivica_Vidovi%C4%87) as Blaž
* [Milan Štrljić](/source/Milan_%C5%A0trlji%C4%87) as Inspektor
* [Mirko Boman](/source/Mirko_Boman)
* [Jadranka Đokić](/source/Jadranka_%C4%90oki%C4%87) as Lidija the Prostitute
* [Boris Miholjević](/source/Boris_Miholjevi%C4%87) as Perić the Gynecologist
* {{ill|Marina Poklepović|hr}} as Marina Kostelac
* [Janko Rakos](/source/Janko_Rakos)
* {{ill|Ilija Zovko|hr}}
== Awards and nominations ==
=== Pula Film Festival 2002 ===
* Audience Award "Golden Gate Pula"[{{cite web |title=FINE MRTVE DJEVOJKE |url=http://pulafilmfestival.hr/hr/filmovi/2231 |website=[Pula Film Festival](/source/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 }}]
* Big Golden Arena[{{cite web |title=PALMARES 2003 |url=http://www.giff.ch/2003/ |website=[Geneva International Film Festival](/source/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 }}]
=== [Sochi International Film Festival and Awards](/source/Sochi_International_Film_Festival_and_Awards) 2003 ===
* Special Jury Award – Dalibor Matanić[{{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](/source/Index.hr) |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=hr}}] (tied with ''[At kende sandheden](/source/Facing_the_Truth_(film))'' (2002))
* Golden Rose – Dalibor Matanić (nominated)
=== 75th Academy Awards ===
* Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (not nominated)[{{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}}][{{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](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences)|access-date=23 May 2011}}]
== References ==
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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
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