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The coming-of-age drama is adapted from Stefan Bošković’s (also the film’s scriptwriter) short story and trails Hana (Maša Drašler), a shy 16-year-old who is in love with popular kid Mario (Savin Perišić).
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
The Six Days of the Condor author — whose book became the Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor — has published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, and has also worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter for TV and film.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 16 July 2025
The growing awareness of feminism in the ’70s spurred Houlihan’s transformation from caricature to real person, but a lot of the change was due to Swit’s influence on the scriptwriters.
—Mark Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
The likes of Maxton Hall scriptwriter Julia Dehne, Smallville showrunner Kelly Souders and Banijay Entertainment co-fiction chief Johannes Jensen are in town for Seriencamp.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2025
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
The Six Days of the Condor author — whose book became the Robert Redford film Three Days of the Condor and the current Max Irons TV series Condor — has published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, and has also worked as a journalist and a scriptwriter for TV and film.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 16 July 2025
The growing awareness of feminism in the ’70s spurred Houlihan’s transformation from caricature to real person, but a lot of the change was due to Swit’s influence on the scriptwriters.
—Mark Kennedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
The likes of Maxton Hall scriptwriter Julia Dehne, Smallville showrunner Kelly Souders and Banijay Entertainment co-fiction chief Johannes Jensen are in town for Seriencamp.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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scriptwriter
noun
script·writ·er
ˈskrip-ˌtrīt-ər 
: a person who writes scripts (as screenplays for television or movies)
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