Armin (2007)

Director:

Ognjen Svilicic

Writer:

Ognjen Svilicic (writer)

Release Date:

15 August 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Ibro takes his son Armin from their small Bosnian village to Croatia to audition for a German film about the Balkan conflict. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Actor Shares First Name With Character | Character Name In Title

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Emir Hadzihafizbegovic	...	Ibro
Armin Omerovic	...	Armin (as Armin Omerovic-Muhedin)
Jens Münchow	...	Ulrich
Marie Bäumer	...	Gudrun
Barbara Prpic	...	Martina
Orhan Güner	...	Arpad
Borko Peric	...	Zoki
Boris Svrtan	...	Peric
Daria Lorenci	...	Aida
Ivana Bolanca	...	Nana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sasa Anocic	...	Snimatelj
Senad Basic	...	Susjed
Enis Beslagic	...	Putnik s novinama
Mesud Dedovic	...	Zlajo
Zeljko Duvnjak	...	Putnik #1
Josip Ganic	...	Djecak Bruno
Tvrtko Juric	...	Recepcioner #1
Frano Maskovic	...	Recepcioner #2
Vanja Matujec	...	Majka
Antonio Nuic	...	Vozac autobusa #1
Sinisa Popovic	...	Sanker
Ivica Pucar	...	Konobar
Damir Saban	...	Vozac autobusa #2
Sven Sestak	...	Konobar iz sale
Davor Svedruzic	...	Putnik #2
Ranko Zidaric	...	Otac

Also Known As:

Armin (Croatia)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Germany

Language:

German | English | Serbo-Croatian | Croatian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Zagreb, Croatia

Company:

Busse & Halberschmidt Produktion

Trivia:

Croatia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Maybe for a short documentary....

...but not for 82 minutes, as it is stated. This movie talks about father and his son, who come from a rural town in Bosnia to Zagreb to audition for a movie. It is based on a story of Armin Omerovic (he is playing himself), a young according player with some medical problems, who is trying to fulfill his fathers dream of becoming famous.

Ognjen Svilicic is stated as one of the best young Croatian filmmakers, always couping with modern problems in Croatia and neighbor countries, but he always pictures us as primitive nations... There is a scene when father doesn't know how to use hand-drier, and he acts sort of like apes in 2001: Space Odyssey, which is a very cheap gag. There are also many other similar first-ball sentimental arty tricks, that could have worked 50 years ago. Now, it is just lame! Emir Hadzihafisbegovic, who is playing father, is the best thing in this movie. His acting in this just blew me away. Armin is very antipatic kid, but his acting skills are not bad for 15-year old. Croatia doesn't have many great actors, but he could make some good things.

And that's about it. It just wasn't good material to start with.