Casabianca

Starring: Irena Grdinić and Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca Directed by: Irena Grdinić and Mario Lipovšek Battifiaca Running time: 120 min “They are Đurđa and Franko. They met in the 1960s. She was enterprising and he was talkative. He says she was pushy, and she says he was a wimp. They watched ‘Casablanca’ and began a romance. It was lovely while it lasted. Then came marriage. Then the children. Communism, then capitalism. The Party, then the parties. Trends changed, and Đurđa and Franko lasted. Not without problems. Because, as Franko would say: ‘Life can be described in three words. Always something f…..’” The play still breaks attendance records across Croatia, with more than one hundred and fifty performances. On the Summer Stage in Opatija it was played to two thousand delighted spectators, while the Zamet hall recorded three thousand visitors. Numerous guest performances followed in Split, Zadar, Zagreb, Dubai, New York and various villages and hamlets.