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The Way to Paradise (1970)

The Way to Paradise poster
Original title
Put u raj
Directed by
Mario Fanelli
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man wrestles with his own desires and disappointments against the backdrop of a changing world. The story draws from two novellas by the same writer.

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What happens

The Way to Paradise (Put u raj) is a 1970 Croatian film directed by Mario Fanelli and written by Miroslav Krleža, starring Boris Buzančić and Ljuba Tadić. Krleža based the script on his own novellas The Cricket under a Waterfall and The Finale. It was the first film adaptation of his literary work, and the only one he was personally involved with. The film was made for Television Zagreb and is the first ever Croation television film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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