Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar [hr] and starring Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Jelena Miholjević, and Nina Violić.
| Tranquilizer Gun | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hrvoje Hribar |
| Written by | Hrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić[1] |
| Starring | Rene Medvešek Alma Prica Jelena Miholjević Nina Violić Filip Šovagović Vili Matula Igor Tkalec Dražen Kühn |
| Cinematography | Slobodan Trninić[1] |
| Edited by | Slaven Zečević[1] |
| Music by | Svadbas[1] |
Production companies | FIZ, Croatian Radiotelevision[1] |
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Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
| Country | Croatia |
| Language | Croatian |
Janko (Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot.[1][2]
The critics praised the actors[1][3] and the film's visual style,[1] but found it lacking in energy[2][3] and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.[1]
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.[1]