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½ – (Sedam i po)
Color, 110 min, 2006, Comedy; Serbia
In Serbian with English sub-titles
Written and Directed by: Miroslav Momcilovic
Producer: Miroslav Momcilovic
Executive Producer: Igor Turcinovic
Production Company: Brigada Productions, Belgrade
Cinematographer: Dimitrije Jokovic
Music: Boris Bunjac, Vladimir Divljan
Cast: Gordana Djurdjevic, Nikola Djuricko, Milan
Gutovic, Aleksandra Jankovic, Nenad Jezdic, Dubravko
Jovanovic, Marija Karan, Gordan Kicic, Ljubinka Klaric, Boris Komnenic
Miroslav Momcilovic combines drama and comedy in a superb
summation of society in modern Serbia. The film presents
seven stories, each representing a deadly sin, which take
place in the same neighborhood of Belgrade. The stories
combine in a final scene of great emotion, full of pain, yet
with hope for the future. In his tales, Momcilovic remains
resolutely non-judgemental, perhaps most controversially in
the ‘Lust’ segment. In ‘Envy,’ two bar-flies hurl casual
ethnic insults at the owner of the bar, but underneath it
all is revealed a society where everyone has the ability to
come together. ‘Anger’ shows the futility of pent-up rage
for past wrongs. In ‘Pride’ we can see how western culture
has fully permeated the Balkans as a young couple fall out
on the Serbian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. No
story is purely comic, and yet even the darkest situations
have a flare of humor.
Awards
Best Screenplay, Serbian Film Festival, Vrnjacka Banja, 2006
Best Screenplay, Montenegro Film Festival, 2006
Best Cinematography, Montenegro Film Festival, 2006
Best Costume, Montenegro Film Festival, 2006
Best Sound, Montenegro Film Festival, 2006
Audience Award for Best Film, Montenegro Film Festival, 2006
Grand Prix, Best Actor, Serbian Film Festival, 2006
Grand Prix, Best Supporting Actress, Serbian Film Festival,
2006
Director Miroslav Momcilovic
Born and raised in Novi Beograd (an urban part of Belgrade,
built after WWII following the Bauhaus visual style, once
called a 'Dormitory', now growing into a financial center),
Momcilovic is inspired by this authentic socio-cultural
frame and its ghetto poetry of hopelessness and
self-destruction while discovering dark comic motifs. In
2004, he wrote the comedy ‘Kad porastem bicu Kengur’. ‘7 ½’
marks Momcilovic’s directorial debut.
DVD Source:
Miroslav Momcilovic
Brigada Productions
Brodarska 3, 11070 New Belgrade,
Serbia
Tel: +381 11 20 18 108
Fax: +381 11 20 18 130
Email: filmbrigada@gmail.com
http://www.sedamipo.com
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