A famous actor leaves the theater without reason to live at his friend’s tugboat. The people from his surroundings find out more about his move and come to the riverbank, trying to live freely themselves. The question is who found what.Read More »
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Srdjan Karanovic – Miris poljskog cveca AKA Fragrance of Wild Flowers (1977)
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Vlatko Gilic – Dani od snova aka Days of Dreams (1980)
1971-1980EroticaRomanceVlatko GilicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoJelena spends her summer holiday tending a flock of sheep. A plane from a nearby aerodrome attracts her attention and she and the pilot engage in spontaneous games.Read More »
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Zelimir Zilnik – Stara Masina AKA Old Timer (1989)
1981-1990DramaTVYugoslaviaZelimir ZilnikThe aged rocker Igor works as a journalist and DJ at the “Radio Student” in Ljubljana. He notices that the janitor Miha works for the police, tapping the walls and observing the journalists who are critical of the regime.
After a clash with his editor, Igor decides to leave for Greece by his old bike DKW from 1938, via Bosnia and Serbia. Rahela, the girl who left Igor’s son because of his snobbery, joins him on the trip. Traveling through Yugoslavia, Igor becomes involved in unexpected turmoil: in the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa there is the scandal about Fikret Abdic. At the same time, Milosevic’s “antibureaucratic revolution” starts in Serbia and Vojvodina.Read More »
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Branko Bauer – Tri Ane AKA Three Girls Named Anna (1959)
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Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic – Nevesinjska puska AKA Thundering Mountains (1963)
Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic1961-1970DramaWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoBased on real events – Herzegovina Uprising of 1875–77 against the Ottoman Empire.
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Zivko Nikolic – Lepota poroka AKA The Beauty of Vice (1986)
Zivko Nikolic1981-1990ComedyDramaYugoslaviaQuote:
The Beauty of Vice is a comedy that depicts the chaos of our time, caused by a lack of proper morality, as well as the vacuum in which the foundations of civilization are disappearing.This film shows the almost unrecognizably cruel world of Montenegro, whose ravines are ruled by archaic codes and horrible laws of “honor and blood”. An adulteress is punished by hitting a cake on her head with a club, while people in black hiss in the whiteness of the stone rubble. And then George appears, a man who succeeded on the shore. He shatters the petrified world of Medvedja. After him, his married godparents, Jaglika and her robust, simple husband, go to the sea, to a world ruled by money. A meeting of two opposing worlds. Old-fashioned people in contact with the unscrupulous are described.Read More »
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Branko Bauer – Prekobrojna (1962)
Branko Bauer1961-1970DramaRomanceYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoA charming romantic comedy/drama from early 1960s Yugoslavia. Ranka (Milena Dravić) secretly follows her boyfriend Mikajlo (Ljubiša Samardžić) from the village to a work action. She is accepted despite not being signed up, but Mikajlo soon leaves his peasant brigade to follow the pretty student Nada in her student brigade. Mikajlo’s attempts to seduce Nada are met with laughter, and in the meantime Ranka becomes more independent. For her role, Milena Dravić won the “Golden Arena” for best female performance at the Pula Film Festival.Read More »
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Veljko Bulajic – Kozara (1962)
Veljko Bulajic1961-1970EpicWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoIn June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide to get rid of partisans and their stronghold in the woods of Mount Kozara in Northern Bosnia. They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too.Read More »
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Aleksandar Petrovic – Skupljaci perja AKA I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
Aleksandar Petrovic1961-1970ArthouseDramaYugoslaviaPlain of Vojvodina, Serbia, where many Gypsies live. Married to a woman much older than him with whom he has already had many children, Bora is often absent. His job as a feather worker takes him from village to village. On the road, he falls in love with Tissa, a young, vagabond and wild Gypsy on the run. Her brutal and possessive father-in-law Mirta makes a wedding proposal to a young Gypsy, hoping to keep her close to him. But Tissa rejects her young husband and, unbeknownst to everyone, leaves with Bora in the mountains to get married by a monk. But very quickly, Tissa gets bored and runs away again, decided to join Belgrade…Read More »