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rest in peace is a procedural story about a young and ambitious tv journalist lucija car (played by judita franković). stubborn, rebellious and system unadjusted lucija - accompanied by retired prison guard martin strugar (miodrag krivokapić) - gets into exploring fates of deceased and forgotten convicts from the abandoned prison cemetery.

as she gradually opens stories rooted in neglected graves, dark and ugly spirits from croatian transition years emerge, spirits that we quickly buried and forgot, in vain attempt to bypass real truth about our society and dodge desperately needed correction of many injustices. as lucija dives deeper into the secrets, crimes and conspiracies that interwove lives of ordinary people, politics and media she’ll face a mortal danger and reveal terrible truths about deceased convicts and persons that are very close to her.

rest in peace aims to flush the conscience of croatian’s transition generation. audience is facing a series of errors committed by ourselves and the reasons why we became such a selfish, perverse, aggressive and unhappy society. surely, some of these mistakes can be blamed on power structures, but many are small, everyday evil and moral staggerings that silently crept into our lives and we either do not notice them or consciously ignore them.

stubbornly convinced that only the truth can provide a happier and better world, lucija will painfully discover: to let the deceased rest in peace, those who live have to pay a high price.

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12-episode season 1 was aired in 2013, getting high audience and critics acclamation.

the series made into seoul international drama award official competition and was shown at seriemania festival in paris.

in 2014 lionsgate picked up the remake rights, thus making rest in peace the first croatian format ever to be sold to a major usa production company.

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