Some Other Stories
Genres
Overview
The film is a high-concept project with five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. “Croatian Story” follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Serbian Story” finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer. “Bosnia-Herzegovina Story” centers on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son?s lover is pregnant. “Macedonian Story” unfolds in a clinic where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby, and “Slovenian Story” ends the omnibus on a humorous note with a nun who finds her own way to immaculate conception.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
114 min
Release Date
2010-07-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Serbian
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.5
Nera Stipičević
Sonja (segment "Hrvatska priča")
Goran Bogdan
Marin (segment "Hrvatska priča")
Nataša Ninković
Milena (segment "Srpska priča")
Sergej Trifunović
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Feđa Štukan
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Nina Violić
Heder (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")
Iva Zendelska
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Slaviša Kajevski
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Lucija Šerbedžija
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Marko Mandić
Tamir (segment "Slovenska zgodba")
Mirela Brekalo
Antonija (segment "Hrvatska priča")
Kristina Krepela
Gost na partiju 7 (segment "Hrvatska priča")
Jack Dimich
Doktor (segment "Srpska priča")
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Otac (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")
Boris Ler
Dostavljač (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")
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