The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Goran Tribuson - screenwriter with Mladen Juran - collaboration of Oscar-winner Jiri Menzel.
[1] Film "Sunken Cemetery", 2002 - a surrealistic depiction of this time of war disaster in Croatia in the nineties: "The Horror of Mladen Juran The sunken cemetery that won the Sci-Fi festival in Brussels portrays a middle-aged man who returns to (...) ... the development of the drama, upgraded to thriller elements and occasional comedy or grotesque situations.
The director takes the film with an extraordinary sense of rhythm, refined eye for detail, creating true characters.
- from Ante Peterlić's prof. dr. About the film "has a peculiar atmosphere, a terrible atmosphere, in the milestone of returnees' emigrants in the catastrophic homeland, the post-totalitarian situation of the nineteen, the modern and demonic time of each catharsis - in the style of the best American noir movies," wrote film critics Mate Curić , Bruno Kragić, Frank Lafond.
Since his family home has been demolished, he moves into a house owned by an eccentric woman named Marilyn (Barbara Nola), and starts an intimate relationship with her.