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Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

1981 · 107 min

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story that balances warmth and melancholy, with a lived-in sense of place and time.

Overview
Growing up in 1960s Sarajevo, a young man comes of age under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, but is attracted by the world of small-time criminals. He's hired to hide a young prostitute, whom he falls in love with.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Emir Kusturica
Written by
Emir Kusturica, Abdulah Sidran
Starring
Slavko Štimac, Slobodan Aligrudić, Ljiljana Blagojević, Mira Banjac, Pavle Vuisić, Nada Pani, Boro Stjepanović, Živko 'Žika' Ristić
Cinematography
Vilko Filač
Runtime
107 min
Country
Yugoslavia
Languages
Serbo-Croatian

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