SYNOPSIS

Starting in 2001, the series follows the transformation of a peaceful Croatian island into a world-famous party destination. MARIO (25), a charming go-getter whose idea to see the world has failed, decides to bring the world to himself by organising wild parties at the beach restaurant where he works. He teams up with his girlfriend IVA (25), and their success starts to spread internationally. Since there is no real party without some vice, Mario becomes annoyed by the high morals of his boss VEDRAN (45). He decides to step up and marry Iva to get her father, BEMBO (55), the city’s Mayor, to invest in their open-air beach club. The world becomes their oyster. Dancers, DJs, cocktails, condoms - the money pours in, the traditional locals push back. The tide of all the vulgar problem-making tourists brings tension and tears the small community apart. But luckily for Mario, the money card wins. More clubs sprout in the sand, and sooner than later - organised drugs creep in as well. While Mario is happy to overlook and count the profits, Iva loses her ground when the drugs take Mario. Seeing the love of his life disappointed, he thinks a baby might improve things, but the baby boy separates them more. The women and the nights he can’t remember are countless. When he goes behind her back and opens the club door to the regional mafia, Iva decides it is time to go. She buys Vedran’s property and becomes Mario’s fiercest competition. With Iva’s independence, Mario is left exposed to locals, police and the mafia, which slowly takes over his club. The drugs are the least of his problems now, as his club starts losing money and reputation. Mario slowly realises his wife and child were the best thing he ever had, but it might just be too late. When he finds a dead body near his club and Iva, covered in blood, standing above it, he has a choice to make.