Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (2026)
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Movie review: Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Drama, Romance.
Story
Spanning decades, the film follows lovers Lovro and Nenad and their friends Stevan and Ivan, a group of gay partisans who fought against the Ustashas and Nazis. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers navigating life in post-WWII Communist Yugoslavia. As they rise to fame, they are forced to create propaganda for the regime, risking everything to protect their identities and each other. In 1957 their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives, a party loyalist hiding his own secrets, whose loyalties begin to falter. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir's beliefs are challenged. Lush, intimate, and politically charged (and with startling parallels to our current political climate), Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is a poignant story of resistance — against oppression, against silence, and for the freedom to live and love without fear.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 7.5/10 based on 4 votes.
Production
Release date: January 23, 2026 · Runtime: 137 minutes · Original language: HR · Original title: Lijepa večer, lijep dan
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Cast
Dado Ćosić
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Slaven Došlo
Đorđe Galić
Elmir Krivalić
Dražen Čuček
Anja Šovagović-Despot
Vojislav Brajović
Asja Jovanović
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