Lazar Ristovski

  • Dragan Marinkovic – Neka cudna zemlja Aka The Bizarre Country (1988)

    1981-1990ComedyDragan MarinkovicSci-FiYugoslavia

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    Definitely worth looking! This movie presents highlights of Domanovic’s stories, Nusic’s dramas and a lot of original humor, all rolled into great, but not widely known film. However, it has the same fate as other non-low-minded and non-sexual-humor movies which is to be misunderstood by majority of the people who have seen it, or to be more precise, just throw a glance on it. Lazar Ristovski is playing a role of story guide, stranger finding himself in a country that should be his fatherland, but is to the most bizarre boundaries spoiled and ruined by actual government. The country is ruled by mindless dictators, old fellows disconnected from reality, having no touch with the people themselves. The people are not only ones who suffer from their lunacy, the police and dictators themselves are shown as total misfortunates. My recommendations: if you find Orwell’s works interesting and are a fan of Monty Python, you have to see this movie. Of course, if you are capable of finding it…Read More »

  • Joakim Marusic – Zadarski memento AKA Zadar’s Memento (1984)

    1981-1990DramaJoakim MarusicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Extremely rare and interesting Croatian movie about the history of the city of Zadar from 1918-1943.

    A brief historical background:
    After Napoleonic Wars and controversial Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) , Zadar was a capitol city of Austro-Hungarian Empire’s province Kingdom Of Dalmatia from 1815-1918.
    Based on a a secret pact between the Triple Entente and Italy, signed in London on 26 April 1915, and known as Treaty of London (1915), Kingdom of Italy claimed large parts of former Austro-Hungarian Empire after the end of WW I. Finally, after the Treaty of Rapallo (1920), large parts of territories inhabited with 480.000 Croats and Slovenians were given to Italy.Read More »

  • Darko Mitrevski & Aleksandar Popovski – Zbogum na dvaesetiot vek AKA Goodbye, 20th Century! (1998)

    1991-2000Aleksandar PopovskiDarko MitrevskiFantasyMacedoniaSci-Fi

    The year is 2019 and the world has become a dystopian wasteland. A group of nomadic marauders attempt to execute a man named Kuzman as they believe he is responsible for the death of the children in their tribe. After shooting Kuzman several times, they discover that he is in fact immortal. Kuzman then roams the wasteland trying to discover his purpose and ultimately seeking his own death. Upon meeting a fellow immortal, his journey leads him to mythical ruins guarded by a Sentry, whom he will have to defeat to enter and discover the secrets held inside. Flashing back to New Year’s Eve in the year 1999, Kuzman discovers a connection between him and a violent Santa Claus impersonator who ends up in an insane situation after crashing a funeral.Read More »

  • Zrinko Ogresta – S one strane AKA On the Other Side (2016)

    Zrinko Ogresta2011-2020CroatiaDrama

    20 years ago, Vesna moved her family to Zagreb, away from the events that almost destroyed their lives. However, an unexpected call will bring back the memory of a secret that she has been trying to hide all these years.Read More »

  • Benjamin Filipovic – Dobro ustimani mrtvaci AKA Well-Tempered Corpses (2005)

    Benjamin Filipovic2001-2010Bosnia HerzegovinaComedyDrama

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    Two cynical workers in a hospital morgue (Boro Stjepanovic, Zan Marolt) make bets on how many bodies will turn up by a certain time. When three corpses are suddenly wheeled in after a horrific accident involving a plane, a car and a suicide jumper, joining a forth cadaver who suddenly dropped dead in a government lobby, one coroner appears to have won the bet. But death holds many surprises.Read More »

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