Along a sun-bleached stretch of the Adriatic, a single weekend in Murina turns a family holiday into a quiet reckoning between a teenage girl and the father she has spent her whole life trying to please.

What is Murina about?

Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, this 2022 drama follows a teenage girl who, during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea, begins weighing what it would take to trade her controlling father for the company of his wealthy foreign friend instead. It's a coming-of-age story told through diving, sea light, and long stretches of family tension rather than dialogue-heavy confrontation, with the arrival of an outsider disturbing a dynamic that has clearly been strained for years. Gracija Filipović anchors the film opposite Danica Ćurčić, Leon Lučev, and Cliff Curtis, with Jonas Smulders, Nikša Butijer, Mislav Čavajda, and Klara Mucci rounding out the ensemble.

About the cast

Gracija Filipović carries the film in the lead role, with Danica Ćurčić and Leon Lučev playing the parents whose marriage sits at the center of the story's tension. Cliff Curtis appears as the family friend whose visit unsettles the household, while Jonas Smulders, Nikša Butijer, Mislav Čavajda, and Klara Mucci fill out the supporting roles across the film's coastal setting.

Context & significance

Murina is an international co-production spanning Brazil, Croatia, Slovenia, and the United States, and it wears that mix in its setting rather than its plot — the film stays rooted in one Croatian coastal household for its full 92 minutes. It belongs to the slow-burn arthouse drama tradition: understated performances, natural light, and a story that trusts silence and body language over exposition to carry its family conflict.

Watching Murina on Ktime

K-Time streams Murina with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making the film's quieter, more observational dialogue easy to follow in Farsi. A free K-Time account login is required to watch, though the film's page can be read without signing in, and the platform's Farsi-first interface is built for Iranian audiences living outside the country.