Directed by Hrvoje Hribar Cinematography Slobodan Trninić | Edited by Slaven Zečević | |
Written by Hrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić Starring Rene MedvešekAlma PricaJelena MiholjevićNina ViolićFilip ŠovagovićVili MatulaIgor TkalecDražen Kühn | ||
Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar.
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Plot
Janko (Rene Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Alma Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Nina Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot...
Reception
The critics praised the actors and the film's visual style, but found it lacking in energy and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.
Tranquilizer Gun did not find success either at the Pula Film Festival or the Croatian box office - partly due to inadequate promotion - but received the 1998 Oktavijan Award from the Croatian Association of Film Critics.