Vukovar, jedna priča
Vukovar, jedna priča (Serbian Cyrillic: Вуковар, једна прича, English: Vukovar: A Story) is a Serbian war film directed by Boro Drašković. It was released in 1994.[1] It is also known as Vukovar poste restante. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
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| Directed by | Boro Drašković |
| Produced by | Danka Muždeka Mandžuka |
| Written by | Boro Drašković |
| Starring | Mirjana Joković Boris Isaković Nebojša Glogovac Svetozar Cvetković Predrag Ejdus Mihailo Janketić Olivera Marković Svetlana Bojković Mira Banjac Dušica Žegarac |
| Music by | Sanja Ilić |
| Edited by | Snežana Ivanović |
| Distributed by | Varnica |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | FR Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Plot
The film takes place in Vukovar, a city on the border between Serbia and Croatia, in a country which used to be called SFR Yugoslavia, on the eve of the country's breakup. It is a typical love story, between a Croat woman Ana (Mirjana Joković) and a Serb man Toma (Boris Isaković), who marry one another with the blessing of both families right before the Battle of Vukovar. Their harmonic community is brutally broken apart with the start of a civil war. Not only they but everyone around them, against their will, are brought into the craziness of war which divides them from family and friends. Divided, living through hell, they still hope that the horrors of war will stop and that their newborn baby will be able to have a fresh start.
The film's slogan was Nothing is stronger than love, maybe only war!
Reception in Croatia
Writing for the Croatian daily Jutarnji list, Jurica Pavičić gave it a scathing review, saying the film was consistently promoting a false equidistance between the Croatian and Serbian nationalism in the war, that was especially irritating at the time when the Vukovar massacre had happened.[3] In 2009, the Zagreb Film Festival director wanted to include the film in its "Film and propaganda" session, but the film's producer retracted their permission for the showing.[3]
See also
- List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- Goulding 2002, p. 189.
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Pavičić, Jurica (2009-10-23). "J. Pavičić: Film me iznervirao zbog te vrste političke retorike" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2013-07-16.
Sources
- Goulding, Daniel (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945–2001. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21582-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)