''Madonna'' () is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Neven Hitrec and starring

Ljubomir Kerekeš Ljubomir Kerekeš (born 16 January 1960) is a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Life and work Kerekeš began acting in 1980 in his hometown of Varaždin and between 1982 and 1996 was a member of the theatre ensemble at the Croatian Nat ...

Lucija Šerbedžija Lucija Šerbedžija (born 8 June 1973) is a Croatian theatre and film actress and model, a daughter of actor, Rade, and a sister of film director, Danilo Šerbedžija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in '' ...

and

Ivo Gregurević Ivo Gregurević (; 7 October 1952 – 1 January 2019) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Throughout over a quarter of a century, Gregurević played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known ...

. It is based on a novel by Hrvoje Hitrec.

Plot

Reception

At the 1999

Pula Film Festival Pula Film Festival () is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in the summer, in July or Aug ...

, ''Madonna'' received the

Big Golden Arena for Best Film The Golden Arena awards were established in 1955 as the Yugoslav national film awards presented annually at the Pula Film Festival in Pula, Croatia, with the Big Golden Arena for Best Film its main prize. From 1955 to 1990 the awards were the Yug ...

, and Kerekeš and Šerbedžija won Golden Arenas for Best Actor and Best Actress. The critics wrote favorably of the film's directing, editing and acting, but criticized the scenario for being ideologized.

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* 1999 films 1990s Croatian-language films Films about the Croatian War of Independence Croatian war films Films based on Croatian novels 1999 directorial debut films 1990s war films {{Croatia-film-stub