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

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)

Stars:

Slavko Stimac, Natasa Tapuskovic, Vesna Trivalic

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

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

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..

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Plot Keywords:

civil war | romeo and juliet | train | balkan | slapstick

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Music | Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] official site [fr] (English)

Country:

Serbia and Montenegro France Italy

Language:

Serbian English German Hungarian

Release Date:

14 May 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

Life is a Miracle

Filming Locations:

Cacak, Serbia

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$32,532 (Switzerland) (28 May 2004)

Gross:

$1,699,144 (France) (4 June 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Alain Sarde, Rasta Film, Rasta Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the tunnel is blasted, the bazooka operator sings a medley of songs by The Doors, in particular "Touch Me" and "The End".

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Goofs

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)

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Connections

Featured in Maradona by Kusturica (2008)

User Reviews

It's a great movie

It's a best movie I have seen during the last few years. After the film I had feeling that Hollywood is just a factory producing cheep colored jewelry. The film is a drama with happy end. In this movie you can find real feelings, real values. There is described the philosophy of war, how stupid and silly it can be. Kusturica's humor is sharp and true. The most funny for me in this film was a place with international "peacekeeping" organizations , there "role" in solving of conflicts, "saving" people. In fact the author shows how useless and inadequate are those organizations in such cases. Kusturica is a great as usual and the soundtrack like in all his films too.