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

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
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Serbia
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E-mail: [email protected]

Publicity contact

Marijana Harder
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About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section: Crystal Globe Competition
   
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

YouTube

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