Synopsis:

The High Sun, A Romeo and Juliet romance set against the backdrop of the Yugoslav Wars, is steered by an undiluted and pure passion. It is the emotional that determines all actions and outcomes. A passion which sweeps away all of the characters, leaving nothing in it's wake, not even a refuge to rebuild their lives. Winner of the Un Certain Regard jury prize in the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, The High Sun unveils, in three different narratives, the more intimate aspects of the effects of the war. Matanič, with these three stories, which in a sense replicate each other, wishes to convey to Us the fatal cycle of repetition that the characters are trapped in; the reappearance of hatred, of which Nature (the lake) and the houses of both villages are witnesses to. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of fiction that the director calls on in order to write the ending to this infernal cycle: opening the door and finding a means to escape.

2015: Festival de Cannes: Prémio especial do Júri, Un Certain Regard

2015: Satellite Awards: Nomeado melhor filme de língua não inglesa

2016: Prémios do Cinema Europeu: Nomeado prémio do público