WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Srdjan Dragojević
WORLD PREMIERE
Locarno Film Festival 2021
DURATION
123 min
LANGUAGE
Serbian
GENRE
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
PRODUCED BY
Biljana Prvanović / Srdjan Dragojević
CO-PRODUCERS
Heino Deckert, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska, Eva Rohrman, Darija Kulenović Gudan, Predrag Kalezić, Marija Perović, Srdjan Šarenac, Dejan Papić, Zoran Ivković, Miroslav Ateljević, Ratko Zatezalo, Alexander Bohr
/ SERBIA / GERMANY / NORTH MACEDONIA / SLOVENIA / CROATIA / MONTENEGRO / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA /
SUPPORTED BY
Film Center Serbia, Eurimages, MDM, ZDF/Arte
CAST
Goran Navojec, Ksenija Marinković, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Marković, Sana Kostić, Radoslav Rale Milenković, Miloš Samolov, Nela Mihailović, Nikola Pejaković, Srdjan Žika Todorović, Miloš Timotijević, Andjelka Prpić, Ana Mandić...
SYNOPSIS
- Inspired by short stories of Marcel Ayme -
After half a century of Communism and Atheism
- Religion is Back to stay!
But is this disoriented Eastern European society ready for it? A working-class man receives a Halo; a death-row criminal transforms into a baby; an artist discovers that his paintings don't just feed souls, but stomachs too. Breathing the surrealism of Bunuel and rich in distinctive dark comedy, the latest feature from acclaimed Serbian filmmaker, Srdjan Dragojević ("The Parade"), is by far his most ambitious project yet. Set in a post-communist society, riddled with superstition, corruption and hope, three magical stories intertwine over the span of three decades, in a poignantly idiosyncratic exploration of God's miracles.
FESTIVALS and AWARDS
Locarno Film Festival - Prize of the Independent Young Jury / Odesa International Film Festival / International Filmfestival Emden, Norderney / Mostra de València - Best Photography / Festival Slovenskega Filma, Portorož / Ostrava Kamera Oko, Czech Republic / CinEast Film Festival Luxembourg / Longlake Festival Lugano / Ljubljana International Film Festival / FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema / Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival / LIFFE / Dunav Film Fest / Mostar Film Festival / Kosovo and Metohija International Film Festival (KMMFF) / Festival filmskog scenarija - SCREENFEST
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