THE HIGH SUN (minority coproduction)

The story of The High Sun is an original take on a classic Romeo and Juliet story. The premise is the same – two young people from two neighbouring villages of different religions and ethnicities fall in love. But the people around them do not consider their love to be appropriate, and are deadly set against their union.The story is divided into three parts, each taking place ten years apart, following altogether six different characters over three consecutive decades. The same stories repeat themselves from one decade to the other and it seams impossible to overcome a deeply-rooted hatred. Still, last story offers a ray of hope: altruism and some degree of civilized progress will allow our heroes to take a step forward and show that there is always hope that things may change for the better. As opposed to Jelena and Ivan from 1991 and Natasa and Ante from 2001, Marija and Luka in 2011 will overcome the problems that ruined the lives of their ancestors.