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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame is a film of genre Drama directed by Srđan Dragojević with Nikola Kojo
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
Lepa sela lepo gore
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Directed by Srđan Dragojević
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Political films
Rating85%
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Serbian: Лепа села лепо горе (Lepa sela lepo gore), literally translated as "Beautiful villages burn beautifully") is a 1996 Serbian film directed by Srđan Dragojević that gave a uniquely bleak yet darkly humorous account of the Bosnian War.
It is considered a modern classic of Serbian cinema. Almost 800,000 people went to see the film in cinemas across Serbia, which equated to approximately 8% of the country's total population. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Synopsis
The movie's main protagonist is Milan (Dragan Bjelogrlić), a Bosnian Serb. At the beginning of the war in Bosnia, his life in his little village with his best friend Halil (Nikola Pejaković), a Bosniak, is generally quiet and reminiscent of that of a normal lifestyle in the countryside. He gradually notices that Bosniaks whom he knew in his village are slowly but surely moving out.Actors
Nikola Kojo
(Velja)
Dragan Maksimović
(Petar, profesor)
Milorad Mandić
(Viljuška)
Dragan Bjelogrlić
(Milan)
Nikola Pejaković
(Halil)
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