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When Day Breaks (2012)

When Day Breaks poster
Original title
Kad svane dan
Directed by
Goran Paskaljević
Genre
drama film
Country
Serbia, France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging music professor in Belgrade lives a quiet life until an unexpected encounter forces him to confront painful memories from his past. The film follows his journey as he pieces together his personal history and its connections to a larger national tragedy.

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What happens

When Day Breaks (Serbian: Кад сване дан, romanized: Kad svane dan) is a 2012 Serbian drama film directed by Goran Paskaljević. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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