Dissatisfied with the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference, which envisaged the city of Fiume (now Rijeka) being awarded to Croatia, the eccentric Italian poet, aristocrat and military officer Gabriele D'Annunzio arbitrarily declared the city the Italian Regency of Kvarner in 1919. D'Annunzio's subsequent 16-month occupation of the city is considered one of the most bizarre experiments in the history of political rule. A little over a century later, Rijeka-born film director Igor Bezinović set out to not only revive this little-known but ominously relevant historical episode, but also to reconstruct and reinterpret it in an original way, together with his fellow citizens.
| Producer: |
Vanja Jambrović |
| Director: |
Igor Bezinović |
| Script: |
Igor Bezinović |
| Camera: |
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| Editing: |
Hrvoslava Brkušić
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| Director of photography: |
Gregor Božič |
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Producer: Tibor Keser
Co-producer: Marina Gumzi
Co-producer: Erica Barbiani
Music by: Giovanni Maier
Music by: Hrvoje Nikšić
Production designer: Anton Špacapan (II)
Production designer: Tiziana De Mario
Costume designer: Tajči Čekada
Costume designer: Manuela Paladin Šabanović
Sound designer: Eric Guerrino Nardin
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Croatian director Igor Bezinović studied philosophy, sociology and literature at the University of Zagreb, and then trained as a film director at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first feature documentary Blokada (2012) won the Oktavijan Award for Best Croatian Documentary, and his hybrid feature film Kratki izlet (2017), which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, won the Big Golden Arena Award for Best Croatian Feature. His always original and engaging works have been screened at numerous festivals and events around the world.
