Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Danilo Serbedzija
Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Kresimir Mikic, Bogdan Diklic, Zivko Anocic, Mira Banjac
Language: Croatian
Duration: 93 min.
Summary:
The American war pension of Grandpa Durad is paid to his widow Nedja and is
the only source of income for the Paripovic family. When Nedja suddenly
dies, their very existence is threatened and Mane, the head of the family
devises a cunning plan.
72 Days is a Croatian film and is the directorial debut from Danilo Serbedzija, starring his father the prolific character actor, Rade Serbedzija who many may recognize from his small parts in the recent X-Men and Harry Potter films. It is Croatia's official submission to the 2012 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.
It's a roaring black comedy that follows the Paripovic's, a dysfunctional rural family who live off of the US Army pension collected by their Granny Nedja whose husband died serving in WWII. After Nedja suddenly croaks, the domineering Mane (Rade Serbedzija) convinces the rest of the clan to keep the death a secret and to kidnap an invalid granny to replace her.
It's a roaring black comedy that follows the Paripovic's, a dysfunctional rural family who live off of the US Army pension collected by their Granny Nedja whose husband died serving in WWII. After Nedja suddenly croaks, the domineering Mane (Rade Serbedzija) convinces the rest of the clan to keep the death a secret and to kidnap an invalid granny to replace her.
The characters and situations are quite funny, but the story is very predictable and that coupled with my lack of fully understanding the local humor and customs made this a difficult one to finish. Perhaps next year Croatia will enter a film with more international appeal.
— Bonjour Tristesse
10 comments:
I regret to report, no zombies. I might have enjoyed it more if there were.
Exactly.
This is what I try to do through film, but there just aren't enough readily available examples for some cultures.
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the title made it sound like a zombie movie...maybe it is...
I see, basically as a foreigner to their films it's not as great as it probably is locally. I guess I won't be going out of my way to find it.
I'm sure this was a big hit in Croatia. My rating is probably a bit harsh, but I think it has little to appeal to an audience beyond the Balkans.
Ouch. That seems like a low score for an Oscar Submission. Not sure what other choices they might have had.
THANKS for seeing all of these and letting us know which ones to skip!
This is the kind of thing that makes me wanna be immortal. I'd live a life in every culture so I could fully understand so much more about everyone.
Aw man that looks ace!! I have gotta find someway of watching that one!!
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