Friday, December 2, 2011

72 Days (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)
72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Danilo Serbedzija
Starring: Rade Serbedzija, Kresimir Mikic, Bogdan Diklic, Zivko Anocic, Mira Banjac
Language: Croatian
Duration: 93 min.
Rating: 5.8  

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.

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

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

72 Days • Sedamdeset i dva dana (2010)

10 comments:

Bonjour Tristesse said...

I regret to report, no zombies.  I might have enjoyed it more if there were.

Bonjour Tristesse said...

Exactly. 

Bonjour Tristesse said...

This is what I try to do through film, but there just aren't enough readily available examples for some cultures. 

Bonjour Tristesse said...

ಠ_ಠ

The Reel Foto said...

the title made it sound like a zombie movie...maybe it is...

d_4 said...

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.

Bonjour Tristesse said...

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.

NeverTooEarlyMP said...

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!

Hoi-Ming Ng said...

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.

FrontRoomCinema said...

Aw man that looks ace!! I have gotta find someway of watching that one!!

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