Archive of films As Far as I Can Walk / Strahinja Banović
Serbia / France / Luxembourg / Bulgaria / Lithuania
2021, 92 min
Section:
Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2021
Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching the western part of the continent, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has started to build himself a career, while Ababuo is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When she disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her… A crystal clear, humanistic story about the need to find one’s place in the world. It’s also a tale of love, the most profound testimony of which might also be the most painful.
Synopsis
Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with visions of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching their dream destination of Germany, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has begun to build a career for himself at the local football club, while Ababuo, a professional actress, is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When Ababuo disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her… The story of two African migrants was inspired by the medieval epic poem Strahinja Banović, about a Serbian nobleman searching for his kidnapped wife. In his masterfully directed picture Stefan Arsenijević delivers a crystal clear, humanistic account of the need to find one’s place in the world; this is also a tale of love, the most profound testimony of which might also be the most painful.
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director
Stefan Arsenijević (1977, Belgrade). Selected filmography: Little Morning Story (Mala jutarnja priča, 2002, short), (A)Torzion (2003, short), Lost and Found (Izgubljeno – nađeno, 2005), Love and Other Crimes (Ljubav i drugi zločini, 2008), As Far as I Can Walk (Strahinja Banović, 2021).
Contacts
Soul Food Films
Majke Jevrosime 39, 11000, Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 112 672 004
E-mail: [email protected]
Publicity contact
Marijana Harder
Tel: +491 777 942 871
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Crystal Globe Competition |
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Director: | Stefan Arsenijević |
Screenplay: | Stefan Arsenijević, Bojan Vuletić, Nicolas Ducray |
Dir. of Photography: | Jelena Stanković |
Music: | Martynas Bialobžeskis |
Editor: | Vanja Kovačević |
Art Director: | Zorana Petrov |
Producer: | Miroslav Mogorović |
Production: | Art & Popcorn |
Coproduction: | Surprise Alley, Les Films Fauves, Chouchkov Brothers, Artbox |
Cast: | Ibrahim Koma, Nancy Mensah-Offei, Maxim Khalil, Rami Farah, Nebojša Dugalić |
Sales: | Soul Food Films |
Contact: | Marijana Harder |
Guests
Stefan Arsenijević
Film Director
Ibrahim Koma
Actor
Nancy Mensah-Offei
Actress
Nebojša Dugalić
Actor
Miroslav Mogorović
Producer
Jelena Stanković
Director of Photography
Marijana Harder
Publicist