The Living Truth (Živa istina), also called Real Truth, is a 1972 Croatian film directed and written by Tomislav Radić, starring Božidarka Frajt.
Radić's directorial debut, a very low-budget cinéma vérité-style film about the everyday life of a struggling actress was met with critical acclaim and is considered one of the best Croatian films of the 1970s. It started the career of Božidarka Frajt, whose performance won the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the 1972 Pula Film Festival.Synopsis
Božidarka Frajt (playing herself) is a stage actress who is unsuccessfully looking for a job in Zagreb. The film follows her everyday life: she meets her friends and colleagues, goes to parties, remembers her difficult childhood as a war orphan, and contemplates her professional and personal failures.
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