 The crash of student strike, also the crash of "Croatian Spring" in December of 1971. causes a violent separation of it s 3 participatians: A member of student leaders Jakov (Igor Galo), his brother Mislav (Goran Grgic)and Jakov s girlfriend Suncana ( Sasha Turjak). Jakov escapes abroad while Mislav and Suncana remain in Zagreb believing that nothing bad can happened to them. Meanwhile, Mislav is getting arrested and Suncana stays alone. 20 years later, Jakov returns from Australia looking for a new beginning. He stays at Mislav s who married a girl from a rich family (Ksenija Pajic), after realeased from prison and becomes a dentist. Soon, the brothers discover that the scelator from the past were not buried, after all and the case of Suncana Krizic, who got killed in 1972. under mysterious circumstances, becomes Jakov s obsession in finding the truth. Mislav s suspicious resistance towards this private investigation, unclear role of ex-UDBA operator Brkan (Ilija Ivezic) and Jakov s sympathy towards Brkan s granddaughter Tala (Mirta Zecevic)is about to complicate Jakov s psychological state. The movie "Zlatne godine" (Golden Years)is a debut project of Damir Zmegac - a director and a writer. The movie had it s premiere in Zagreb, April of 1993. At the same year, it won 3 Golden Arenas on Pula film festival for: Direction, Camera (Slobodan Trninic) and a male supporting cast (Ilija Ivezic).