Just Between Us is a 2010 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić

Rajko Grlic

Rajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent...

 starring Miki Manojlović

Miki Manojlovic

Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans, meaning that he's currently active in productions all over Europe...

, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić

Nataša Dorčić

Nataša Dorčić is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.Dorčić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998, but started acting professionally as early as 1994, when she joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb...

, Daria Lorenci and Ksenija Marinković. The film is a co-production involving Croatia’s Mainframe Production, Serbia’s Yodi Movie Craftsman and Slovenia’s Studio Maj and was additionally financed by the Croatian Radiotelevision

Croatian Radiotelevision

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 and Eurimages

Eurimages

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The film, set in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, centers around two middle-aged middle class

Middle class

The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....

 brothers, Nikola and Braco (played by Manojlović and Navojec) and the parallel lives they lead amid a web of complex relationships with their wives, mistresses and children. The film has been described by critics as an examination of "loneliness, adultery and urban life", and has been praised for its authentic depiction of contemporary Zagreb.

The film was screened at the 2010 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....

 where it won Rajko Grlić the Best Director award. It also went on to win seven Golden Arena awards at the 2010 Pula Film Festival

Pula Film Festival

The Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August....

, the Croatian national film awards, including Best Film, Best Director

Golden Arena for Best Director

The Golden Arena for Best Director is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only...

 (Rajko Grlić), Best Supporting Actress (Ksenija Marinković), Best Cinematography

Golden Arena for Best Cinematography

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 (Slobodan Trninić), Best Production Design

Golden Arena for Best Production Design

-List of winners:The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Production Design at the Pula Film Festival.-Yugoslav competition :-Croatian competition :-External links:...

 (Ivo Hušnjak), Best Film Music

Golden Arena for Best Film Music

-List of winners:The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Film Music at the Pula Film Festival.-Yugoslav competition :-Croatian competition :-External links:* at the Pula Film Festival official website...

(Alfi Kabiljo and Alan Bjelinski) and Best Sound Editing (Srđan Kurpjel).