Directed by:
Bobo JelčićCinematography:
Erol ZubcevicCast:
Bogdan Diklic, Rakan Rushaidat, Ivana Roščić, Sadžida Šetic, Sergej Trifunovic, Nada Đurevska, Slaven Knezovic, Izudin Bajrovic, Nermin Karacic, Maja Lasic (more)Plots(1)
The death of an old friend plunges Slavko into a dilemma. He is unsure whether he, a Croat, should attend the funeral in the Muslim part of Mostar. On the one hand, he feels like it's his duty; on the other, he fears a hostile reaction from his own community. His wife is angry and his son is equally sick of his well-worn monologues.
At odds with themselves and plagued by divisions: the man and his city have something in common. This psychological study is based on the fact that nearly two decades after the war, Mostar is still divided. An invisible border of distrust and suspicion governs people's daily lives. Slavko doesn't want to do the wrong thing, but has lost any sense of what he really wants. His actions verge on the grotesque and paranoid. The handheld camerawork is fluid and in constant motion for much of the film, calling all the more attention to the sense of agitation and tension. Brief emotional outbursts and dramatic exit scenarios seem like a cry into the void. The most impressive scenes are pointedly long, and often involve mute idling in waiting rooms or protracted, redundant debates over trivialities. Neither leads to any sort of change.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Bogdan Diklic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No Man's Land (2001)
Unseen Wonder (1984)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Rakan Rushaidat
Best movies:
Witnesses (2003)
Metastases (2009)
All for Free (2006)
Ivana Roščić
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Uncle (2022)
A Wonderful Night in Split (2004)
Just Between Us (2010)
Sadžida Šetic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Snow (2008)
All for Free (2006)
Belvedere (2010)
Sergej Trifunovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Professional (2003)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010)
Nada Đurevska
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (2006)
Slaven Knezovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Cirkus Columbia (2010)
No One's Son (2008)
Halimin put (2012)
Izudin Bajrovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)
The Perfect Circle (1997)
Nermin Karacic
Best movies:
Men Don't Cry (2017)
Mirsad Elezi
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)