Vukovar, jedna prica (1994)

Director:

Boro Draskovic

Writers:

Boro Draskovic (writer)
Maja Draskovic (writer)

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Nothing is stronger than love. Except war.

Plot:

This movie describes the violent break-up of former Yugoslavia from the Serbian point of view, using...

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Mirjana Jokovic	...	Ana
Boris Isakovic	...	Toma
Svetlana Bojkovic	...	Vilma
Predrag Ejdus	...	Stjepan
Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic	...	Dusan (as Mihailo Janketic)
Dusica Zegarac	...	Vera
Monika Romic	...	Ratka
Nebojsa Glogovac	...	Fadil
Mira Banjac	...	Milka
Dusan Janicijevic	...	Jovan
Olivera Markovic	...	Crna
Sonja Vukicevic	...	Ridja
Aleksandra Pleskonjic	...	Plava
Goran Danicic	...	Bruno
Predrag Lakovic	...	Kupac

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | USA | Italy

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Vukovar, Croatia

Company:

Iskra

Trivia:

Because of its many international awards, Vukovar Poste Restante was scheduled to be shown at the 5th Annual United Nations' International Culture Conference, but was canceled 20 minutes before it was to be screened. The Croatian UN Mission had gotten the film blocked, complaining that it was Serbian propaganda.

Soundtrack:

E MOJ DRUZE BEOGRADSKI

Torn

Toma (Boris Isakovic), a Serb, and Ana (Mirjana Jokovic), a Croat, are two childhood friends who fall in love with each other. With their families' help, they build a house of their own and later they get married. Outside their wedding limousine there are demonstration groups from three sides: the Serbs, the Croats and the Yugoslavs, which mark the uncertainty foreshadowing their future. Soon afterwards, Toma is drafted. After a while, Ana and her parents have to vacate the house. As the war intensifies, buildings are bombarded, neighbours are shot dead, and eventually, so are Ana's parents. The ones who are alive have no food to last. The town of Vukovar has become a smoking ruins. The heavily pregnant Ana, along with her friend, are brutalised by a mob...when Toma finally returns to Ana, it is too late...

'Vukovar poste restante' genuinely depicts the war that took place in ex-Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and as one reviewer said, the film's portrayal is realistic.

Asked Ana's friend: 'Will your baby be a Serb? A Croat? Or a Yugoslav?'