Acting
"You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan.
The series follows the capture of the inserted Ustashas during Operation Guardian in 1947-1948.
A story about a hard-working man who earns his piece of bread honestly. But this time, his attempt to become head of the workers’ syndicate and his statement will change his and the lives of many workers in the company.
Two parallel tales about two modern women. One is Štefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who desperately tries to find the man of her dreams. The other story is about a woman director who is making the movie about Štefica and has the same problem.
The film deals with issues of life and work in self-governing socialist enterprises, i.e. the problems caused by the application of the Law on Associated Labor which passed several years before. The protagonists are the metal company workers who are launching a strike due to the reduction of salaries.
The action takes place in the Dalmatian hinterland and displays how the effects of modern life disintegrate local population in the villages.
