09/02/2015 - Marasovic's new drama/thriller, written by Norway's Gjermund Gisvold, is currently shooting at a snowed-in Croatian location

Croatian director Nevio Marasovic, known for The Show Must Go On and Vis-à-Vis [+see also:
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Previously entitled Albino, and presented as such at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival's European Genre Forum (read the news), the script for the drama/thriller with darkly comic elements was written by Norwegian screenwriter and novelist Gjermund Gisvold. The producer, Danijel Pek of Antitalent Production, who also made Vis-à-Vis with Marasovic, and the co-producer, Stjepan Hundić, are currently negotiating with potential Norwegian co-producers.

In Goran, the eponymous main character, played by Franjo Dijak (Vegetarian Cannibal [+see also:
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When Lina’s brother Niko (Janko Popović Volarić, from Vis-à-Vis) and his boyfriend Dragan (Filip Križan), from Zagreb, arrive at a family dinner at the house of Lina's father, Luka (Milan Štrljić, last seen internationally in Circus Columbia [+see also:
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Visually and stylistically, Marasovic and Pek describe the film as a mix of the Coen brothers' Fargo, Alexander Payne's Nebraska and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive. This will be down to DoP Damir Kudin (working with Marasović for the third time) and first-time feature-film editor Marko Ferković to execute.