Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
7.7
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.
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Cast
39 people
Dado Ćosić
Lovro Horvat
Known for
The High Sun
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Emir
Known for
Quo Vadis, Aida?
When Father Was Away on Business
Slaven Došlo
Stevan
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Đorđe Galić
Nenad Miličić
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The Ark
The Original Sin
Elmir Krivalić
Ivan
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The Will
Dražen Čuček
Goran Drenković
Also in
Cricket & Antoinette
National Hero Lily Vidic
Anja Šovagović-Despot
Lovrina majka
Also in
What Iva Recorded
Stela
Vojislav Brajović
Lovrin otac
Also in
Shadows over the Balkans
The Written Off
Asja Jovanović
Ankica
Also in
Zagreb Stories
Restlessness
Ivana Boban
Sanja
Also in
Living with Cockroaches
The Burden
Milica Mihajlović
Sanela Servar
Known for
Frozen Stiff
Svetozar Cvetković
Godež Klemac
Also in
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Gorilla Bathes at Noon
Ivona Juka Director · Michael Brook Composer Dragan Ruljančić Cinematographer
United States release June 26, 2025 · Produced in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Poland, Cyprus, United States · Languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Production
4Film
Production
Quiet Revolution Pictures
Production
Orka
Production
Caretta Films
Production
Depo
Production
Tastemakers Studio
Production
Bosnia & Herzegovina · Canada · Croatia · Poland · Cyprus · United States
Produced in
Strangers in the Night
Working title
Languages
Original title
Lijepa večer, lijep dan
Original language
Croatian
Spoken on screen
Bosnian · Croatian · Serbian
Release dates
Croatia · September 9, 2024
Premiere
United States · June 26, 2025
Premiere · Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco
Croatia · May 21, 2026
Theatrical
United States
October 5, 2025 · Premiere · OUT at the Movies Film Festival, Birmingham
Australia
November 16, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne Queer Film Festival
November 28, 2025 · Premiere · Brisbane International Film Festival
February 18, 2026 · Premiere · Mardi Gras Film Festival
Belgium
November 4, 2025 · Premiere · Pink Screens Festival (Brussels)
Croatia
May 18, 2026 · Premiere · Zagreb
Cyprus
April 19, 2026 · Premiere · Cyprus Film Days International Festival
India
November 11, 2025 · Premiere · Kolkata International Film Festival
Poland
October 15, 2025 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
January 23, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Ukraine
April 20, 2026 · Premiere · Sunny Bunny International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
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