Archive of films Woman With a Broken Nose / Žena sa slomljenim nosem
Serbia / Germany
2010, 104 min
Section:
East of the West - Competition
Year: 2010
Serbian director Srdjan Koljević, in his second film, offers a gentle mosaic of the lives of several lost souls who have to overcome the emotional traumas of their past in order to put their ruined lives back together. Their destinies, however, are linked by a tragic event.
Synopsis
The desperate act of a woman with a broken nose, who suddenly jumps out of a taxi and throws herself off Branko’s Bridge in Belgrade, connects the lives of three people who witness the event: the surly taxi-driver Gavrilo who tries to avoid any kind of emotional commitment, the depressed school teacher Anica, stubbornly rejecting the attentions of one of her students, and the wacky pharmacist Biljana, who’s just realised that the man she’s about to marry isn’t The One. Each of them bears a wound from the past, a trauma they haven’t yet found the courage to face. And it’s here on the bridge, linking the old city with New Belgrade, that their road to recovery begins. "I wanted to make a film which gives off positive energy without shifting its gaze from the real world. A film about the positive energy of love, even unattainable love....” This, the second film from Serbian director Srdjan Koljević is gently optimistic in its philosophy, yet remains credible throughout, deeply rooted in the reality and problems of its country and human nature.
About the director
Srdjan Koljević (b. 1966, Sarajevo) studied scriptwriting and drama theory at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he now teaches screenwriting himself. He wrote or collaborated on the scripts for a number of feature films, including Say Why You Left Me (Kaži zašto me ostavi, 1993), Premeditated Murder (Ubistvo s predumišljajem, 1996), The Hornet (Strsljen, 1998), Sky Hook (Nebeska udica, 2000), Normal People (Normalni ljudi, 2001), Natasha (2001), The Trap (Klopka - KVIFF 2007) and Love and Other Crimes (Ljubav i drugi zlocini -KVIFF 2008). In 2004 he debuted as a director with the comic road-movie set in the early days of the war in Yugoslavia, Red Coloured Grey Truck (Sivi kamion crvene boje), which won awards at various festivals. The Woman With a Broken Nose is his second feature as director.
Contacts
Film House Baš Čelik
Gospodar Jevremova 35, 11000, Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 11 303 4441
Fax: +381 11 303 4887
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bascelik.net
Aktis Film International GmbH
, 04275, Leipzig
Germany
Tel: +49 341 3500 2610
Fax: +49 341 3500 2619
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.aktis-film.com
About the film
Color, 35 mm
International premiere
Section: | East of the West - Competition |
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Director: | Srdjan Koljević |
Screenplay: | Srdjan Koljević |
Dir. of Photography: | Goran Volarević |
Music: | Mario Schneider |
Editor: | Marko Glušac |
Producer: | Jelena Mitrović, Srdan Golubović, Alexander Ris |
Production: | Film House Baš Čelik |
Cast: | Nebojša Glogovac, Anica Dobra, Nada Šargin, Branka Katić, Vuk Kostić, Jasna Žalica |
Contact: | Film House Baš Čelik, Aktis Film International GmbH |
Guests
Srdan Golubović
Producer
Jelena Mitrović
Producer
Srdjan Koljević
Film Director
Stelios Ziannis
Sales Agent
Alexander Ris
Producer, Producer
Branka Katič
Actress
Mario Schneider
Music Composer