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Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying

2011 · 90 min

A bittersweet, gently comic mosaic of lonely hearts circling each other in a city shaking off isolation, mixing warmth and melancholy.

Directed by
Bojan Vuletić
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Julie Gayet, Marko Janketić, Anita Mančić
Overview
A French chanteuse, Stefan, a young driver, an American diplomat, dominatrix Melita, a German businessman, hotel maid Jagoda, Croatian policeman Mate, and policewoman Đurđa. Each in their own way, all these characters try to find their ideal match in contemporary Belgrade: after years of isolation, the city is again opening its doors to the world. The film’s protagonists are not finding the relationship lark at all easy, however; they come apart at the seams, they keep falling in love, but they also discover their roots...

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Directed by
Bojan Vuletić
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Starring
Julie Gayet, Marko Janketić, Anita Mančić
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • loneliness
  • identity
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
Bojan Vuletić
Written by
Stefan Arsenijević, Bojan Vuletić
Starring
Julie Gayet, Marko Janketić, Anita Mančić, Jean-Marc Barr, Nada Šargin, Baki Davrak, Hristina Popović, Leon Lučev
Music
Rastko Čolić
Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
Serbia, Croatia, France, Hungary, Germany
Languages
Serbian, English

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