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Senad Šahmanović rueda Sirin, con Danica Ćurčić y Jasna Đuričić

20/01/2022 - El primer largometraje del director montenegrino es una película dramática que trata el tema de la identidad, sobre una abogada que vuelve a su país natal para resolver un caso de herencia

Danica Ćurčić en Sirin

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Montenegrin director Senad Šahmanović has started shooting his first feature film, Sirin [+lee también:
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Danish-Serbian actress Danica Ćurčić, most recently seen in Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović's Camera d'Or winner Murina [+lee también:
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In addition to Ćurčić, the film stars EFA 2021 European Actress winner Jasna Đuričić (with whom Šahmanović worked on Tranquillity of Blood), plus an international cast including May-Linda Kasumović, Marko Baćović, Nikša Butijer, Lidija Kordić, Jelena Simić, Momčilo Otašević, Tihana Ćulafić, Mišo Obradović, Izudin Bajrović, Fatmir Spahiu, Simon Shkrelli and Bashkim Alaj.

Co-written by Šahmanović and Italian writer-director Claudia Bottino (Caught by a Wave [+lee también:
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