Extracurricular (film)

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Extracurricular
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Directed by Ivan-Goran Vitez
Written byIvan-Goran Vitez
Produced byIvan Maloca
Maja Vukic
Starring Milivoj Beader
CinematographyLutvo Mekic
Edited byIvana Rogic
Music byJelenko Hodak
Production
company
Inter Film
Release date
  • 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Extracurricular (Croatian : Dopunska nastava) is a 2019 Croatian crime comedy thriller film written and directed by Ivan-Goran Vitez. It was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [1] [2]

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Plot

A recently divorced father is told he can't see his nine-year-old daughter on her birthday, so he holds her classroom hostage with a gun and a birthday cake. [3]

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References

  1. "Film 'Dopunska nastava' Ivana-Gorana Viteza ovogodišnji je hrvatski kandidat u utrci za Oscara". TPortal. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "Oscars: Extracurricular by Ivan-Goran Vitez selected as Croatia's Academy Award candidate". Croatia Week. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. "Extracurricular". Cineuropa. Retrieved 22 October 2020.