Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
"Sjecas Li Se, Dolly Bell" (original title)

A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals. They hire him to hide a young ... See full summary »

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writers:

Emir Kusturica, Abdulah Sidran

Stars:

Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Slavko Stimac	...	Dino
Slobodan Aligrudic	...	Father
Ljiljana Blagojevic	...	Dolly Bell
Mira Banjac	...	Mother
Pavle Vujisic	...	Uncle
Nada Pani	...	Aunt
Boro Stjepanovic	...	Cvikeras
Zivko 'Zika' Ristic	...	Cica (as Zika Ristic)
Jasmin Celo
Mirsad Zulic	...	Braco Sintor
Ismet Delahmet
Jovanka Paripovic
Mahir Imamovic
Zakira Stjepanovic
Tomislav Gelic

Storyline

A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals. They hire him to hide a young prostitute and he falls in love with her.

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Plot Keywords:

prostitute | 1960s | sarajevo | coming of age | pimp | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

15 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

Company Credits

Production Co:

C.F.S. Kosutnjak, Jadran Film, Sutjeska Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Winner Best Actor (Slavko Stimac) at 25th Panama International Film Festival.

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Connections

Featured in Maradona by Kusturica (2008)

User Reviews

Socialism and rock music

In a style that reminds us of Italian neo-realism of last century forties and fifties, Kusturica gives us in syncopated sequences the story of a not so wealthy family whose head is a die-hard Marxist who still believes that communism will come in 2000 (this movie dates back to 1981). The youngsters of the family, however and like youngsters all over the world, are more inclined to rock music than to communism. The story develops itself in episodes of great realism in terms of images, against the background of socialist Yugoslavia which appears here and there in the speeches of a local official who thinks that juvenile delinquency can be fought by creating a juvenile rock ensemble in a club, in the Marxist talk of the old father and in the efforts he makes to get a house provided by the State to replace the squalid dwelling where the family lives. Ironically this will come only after his death. Behind the apparent simplicity of the story we feel that its characters have deepness of feelings and reactions, being very human. Love is present in its various forms though shown almost bashfully. The love between father and son and the love between the son and the young prostitute for instance. The action takes place in Bosnia but nothing in the movie makes us to surmise the bloodbath that occurred there 20 years after. In conclusion we can say this is a good and well made movie.