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Life is a Miracle (2004)
Zivot je cudo (original title)

155 min  -  Comedy | Romance | Music  -   14 May 2004 (France)
7.5
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What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writers:

Ranko Bozic (scenario and dialogue), Emir Kusturica (scenario and dialogue)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Slavko Stimac Slavko Stimac ...
Luka
Natasa Tapuskovic Natasa Tapuskovic ...
Sabaha (as Natasa Solak)
Vesna Trivalic Vesna Trivalic ...
Jadranka
Vuk Kostic Vuk Kostic ...
Milos
Aleksandar Bercek Aleksandar Bercek ...
Veljo
Stribor Kusturica Stribor Kusturica ...
Captain Aleksic
Nikola Kojo ...
Filipovic
Mirjana Karanovic ...
Nada
Branislav Lalevic Branislav Lalevic ...
President
Davor Janjic Davor Janjic ...
Tomo
Adnan Omerovic Adnan Omerovic ...
Eso
Obrad Djurovic Obrad Djurovic ...
Vujan
Dr. Nele Karajlic Dr. Nele Karajlic ...
Cymbal Player (as Dr. Nelle Karajlic)
Dana Todorovic Dana Todorovic ...
SF TV Reporter (as Danica Todorovic)
Vanessa Glodjo Vanessa Glodjo ...
Nurse 1 (as Vanesa Glodjo)
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Storyline

What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha.. Written by Aline  

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Plot Keywords:

Civil War | Romeo And Juliet | Train | Balkan | Slapstick

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Music | Drama | War

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Details

Language:

Serbian | English | German | Hungarian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La vida es un milagro See more »

Filming Locations:

Cacak, Serbia See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€106,078 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (3 October 2004) (58 Screens)

Gross:

$3,384,721 (France) (6 July 2004)
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Trivia

The BBFC originally requested cuts to a scene where a cat attacks a live pigeon. The cut was waived before release after director Emir Kusturica provided the censors with evidence that the scene was faked and the bird was not hurt. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The movie was shot along a narrow gauge railway but Mayor Radovan arrives to the village on a normal gauge railcar. (00:07:38-00:09:33) See more »

Connections

Featured in Maradona by Kusturica (2008) See more »