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Director: |
Emir Kusturica
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Starring: |
Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac, Ernst Stotzner, Bora Todorovic
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Genres: |
Comedy, Drama, Historical Drama, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, War
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Origin: |
Yugoslavia
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
Czech & German With Subtitles, English, Serbo-Croatian With Subtitles
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
170 min
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The story starts from an underground manufacture of weapons of Belgrade, during the WWII, and evolves into fairly surreal situations. The black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans forgets to mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. 50 years later, they become suspicious, and break out of their underground "shelter".
This movie reflects the history of Yugoslavia since the beginning of WWII (and similar to all ex-communist countries) to the last horrible events in Balcanian countries. Behind the comedy is hidden the pain of whole generations, which have suffered WWII, The Cold War, the war in Yugoslavia, the communism, the treachery of their own leadership, the fall. The film shows us the reality, as seen by those who feel unlimited love for their country and culture. Marko and Blacky represent the true leaders of country, the soul of nation and not without controversies.
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