Life Is A Miracle
2004
Bosnia, 1992. Luka, a Serbian engineer from Belgrade,has installed himself in a village in the middle of nowhere with his opera singer wife, Jadranka, and their son,Milos. Luka is preparing to build the railroad that will transform the region into a tourist's paradise. Utterly engrossed in his work and blinded by natural .. Read more
| Starring | Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic |
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| Director | Emir Kusturica |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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Life Is A Miracle
Bosnia, 1992. Luka, a Serbian engineer from Belgrade,has installed himself in a village in the middle of nowhere with his opera singer wife, Jadranka, and their son,Milos. Luka is preparing to build the railroad that will transform the region into a tourist's paradise. Utterly engrossed in his work and blinded by natural optimism, Luka remains deaf to the increasingly persistent rumblings of war. When the conflict explodes, Luka's life is turned inside out.
| Starring | Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic, Aleksandar Bercek |
|---|---|
| Director | Emir Kusturica |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Aug 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
Life Is A Miracle (2004)
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No one unearths the absurdity in political tragedy with such melancholic vigour as Emir Kusturica. This frantic take on the Bosnian civil war revisits themes previously explored in the director's award-winning Underground, providing us with plenty to enjoy and even more to contemplate. Slavko Stimac stars as Luka, a Serbian railway engineer whose life is disrupted when his opera-singing wife leaves him and his soccer-mad son Milos (Vuk Kostic) is conscripted into the army. After Milos is captured, Luka intends to use Muslim nurse Sabaha (Natasa Solak) as a bargaining chip for his son's return, but he falls in love with her, complicating the hostage exchange. This is acerbic human drama, but it's almost a sideshow to the glorious set pieces that include the floodlit, fogbound football match and Milos's farewell party, played out to Kusturica's inimitable Gypsy jazz.
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16 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Love vs. War
This is a typical Kusturica movie. Since the setting for the story is in the horror of the Bosnian war, it is easy to miss that it is really a story of love - for family, for neighbours, for lovers.
The characters are beautifully developed - no impossible heroics, full of imperfections and with complex relationships.
But, be prepared for a lot of symbolism throughout the two and a half hours. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Beautifully soulful film
This film is a quirky, beautiful and sensual look at a life torn apart by war. While you laugh along with the main characters reaction to the chaos you also weep as you learn the enevitable fate of a man who at times seems unwilling to accept change.I loved this film.
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Bosnia, 1992. Luka, a Serbian engineer from Belgrade,has installed himself in a village in the middle of nowhere with his opera singer wife, Jadranka, and their son,Milos. Luka is preparing to build ... -