Loving Glances (2003) Sjaj u ocima (original title)

Director:

Srdjan Karanovic

Writer:

Srdjan Karanovic (writer)

Release Date:

19 September 2003 (Serbia and Montenegro)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Senad Alihodzic	...	Labud
Ivana Bolanca	...	Romana
Jelena Djokic	...	Vida
Milena Dravic	...	Vlasnica agencije
Gorica Popovic	...	Majka
Boris Komnenic	...	Profesor Jablan
Matija Prskalo	...	Agnes
Lotos Sparovec	...	Igor
Branko Cvejic	...	Otac
Bisera Veletanlic	...	Ljubiteljka muzike
Predrag Danilovic	...	NBA kosarkas
Mirjana Djurdjevic	...	Maskirna
Andrew Greenwood	...	Michael
Steve Agnew	...	Konzularni Sluzbenik
Danijel Nikolic	...	Policajac
Bojana Bambic	...	Ruskinja
Goran Danicic	...	Gangster
Marija Opsenica	...	Intelektualka
Stevan Jovanovic	...	Odzacar
Laza Jovanovic	...	Covek u vozu (as Lazar Jovanovic)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Petar Cirica	...	Mladic iz parka
Zoran Cvijanovic	...	Covek u kolima (uncredited)

Directed by
Srdjan Karanovic

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Srdjan Karanovic		writer

Produced by
Zoran Cvijanovic	....	producer
Mike Downey	....	producer
Milko Josifov	....	producer
Biljana Prvanovic	....	executive producer
Sam Taylor	....	producer

Original Music by
Zoran Simjanovic

Cinematography by
Radan Popovic

Film Editing by
Branka Ceperac
Branka Pavlovic

Casting by
D. Daniel Vujic

Production Design by
Goran Joksimovic

Costume Design by
Sasa Kuljaca

Makeup Department
Visnja Karaulic	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Vladan Cvetkovic	....	unit manager
Predrag Mijin	....	unit production manager
Biljana Prvanovic	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Radivoje Andric	....	assistant director
Marko Djilas	....	assistant director
Predrag Mijin	....	assistant director
Vladimir-Mica Popovic	....	assistant director

Art Department
Sava Mihajlov	....	props
Mirko Mijuskovic	....	property master
Nevena Ristic	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Goran Corkovic	....	boom operator
Branko Djordjevic	....	sound
Vladan Korac	....	sound (as Vladan Korac-Koki)
Zoran Stojanovic	....	boom operator

Stunts
Miomir Radevic-Pigi	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Vladan Banovic	....	focus puller
Slobodan Gojkovic	....	gaffer (as Sloba Gojkovic)
Viktor Kodnik	....	assistant camera
Drazen Mrkonja	....	second assistant camera
Nenad Vasic	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mirko Sirkovic	....	animal dresser

Editorial Department
Todor G. Todorov	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Slavko Ristic	....	driver

Other crew
Radmila Jovancicevic	....	script supervisor
Sam Lavender	....	development executive
Dusan Ristic	....	caterer

Thanks
René Clair	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
• Yodi Movie Craftsman

Distributors

• TLA Releasing (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Sjaj u ocima" - Serbia and Montenegro (original title)

Runtime:

Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Serbia and Montenegro | UK

Language:

Serbian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Hope

Outstanding! Sjaj U Očima / Loving Glances is a warm, bright, very non-offensive yet successful in addressing issues that sparked the last civil war in Yugoslavia and the still unresolved problem of absorbing over 1 MILLION refugees from the Krajina alone! Somehow CNN and the rest of the global 'spin-doctors' were able to completely forget about the displacement of mostly (don't read only!) Serbs as well as the struggles of people who were open minded enough to enter what we call 'mixed-marriages'! I am half-Serbian half-Montenegrin but I have friends who thought they were simply Bosnian and then one day they woke up to learn that they were outcasts because they were half Serbian half Muslim! I am also from Belgrade. One of the outstanding nuances in this movie was the linguistic subtleties that I am afraid escaped the non-native speakers of Serbian/Croatian/Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian/Slovenian/Macedonian and the soon-to-be Montenegrin! Even if the English translation had been perfect, this would have been difficult to convey in the subtitles. I initially assumed that Romana's 'almost perfect' Belgrade jargon was simply a flaw in Ivana Bolanca's acting ability, only to learn that it was a perfect 'imitation' of 'Belradian' by someone from Zagreb!!! This is one of the ways I began to appreciate how great the cast of this movie is. Srdjan Karanović succeeded in making a tragic-comedy with a happy ending! The conflict did not overwhelm his main characters -- they were able to walk away from it. Ironically the guardian-angel characters could not escape it! Beograd was a perfect stage for this movie! Before this ridiculous war, my beautiful home was a safe heaven for all people regardless of race, upbringing, ethnicity, or religion! This film left me with a more than just a flicker of hope that there is a chance that Beograd can once again become that city. I am starting to feel that people like me who leave our home land trying to escape the pervasive ignorance, hyper-religiosity and radical nationalism, but never manage to bring their whole heart along may one day in a not so distant future have a home that really feels like a home to go back to!