Honeymoons (2009)
"Medeni mesec" (original title)

'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Goran Paskaljevic

Writers:

Goran Paskaljevic, Genc Permeti (screenplay)

Stars:

Nebojsa Milovanovic, Jelena Trkulja, Jozef Shiroka

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nebojsa Milovanovic	...	Marko
Jelena Trkulja	...	Vera
Jozef Shiroka	...	Nik
Mirela Naska	...	Maylinda
Lazar Ristovski	...	Verin stric
Petar Bozovic	...	Verin otac
Bujar Lako	...	Nikov otac
Yllka Mujo	...	Nikova majka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aron Balazs	...	Madjarski policajac
Mira Banjac	...	Stana
Ivan Bekjarev	...	Komsija
Zinaida Dedakin	...	Verina strina
Ratko Miletic
Bora Nenic
Ljuma Penov	...	Tanja

Storyline

'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the midst of wedding celebrations decide to leave their respective countries to realize their dreams in Western Europe. They soon find themselves trapped between their countries' past and their future lives together.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

Serbia Albania

Language:

Serbian Albanian Italian

Release Date:

10 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Honeymoons

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nova Film, Skandal Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A movie full of clichés

Despite my expectations on the production and on Paskaljeviç, the movie was deeply disappointing. The dialogs were poor, full of clichés, more than offering art it seemed like the authors were trying to offer a politically correct movie for the foreign festivals. But the "politically correct" mostly turned into false and cliché characters, dialogs, venues, happenings, realities. Than, comes the wedding! 2 weddings, indeed. There seems to be this myth that Balkan weddings are fascinating for foreign audiences. Therefore one every two Balkan movies has a wedding going on. You see people shooting in a wedding happening in the main hotel of Tirana, which is ridiculous, the bride singing opera pieces in a wedding, and followed up by folk songs. By the end of the movie, a Serbian song is sung, which is simply an invention to serve the "politically correct" and to force a plot which does not exist. The way the director used close ups, more than an invention, felt disturbing. There are movies who are fine for the general audience, there are movies who target a finer audience, there are movies made for festival purposes. "Honeymoons" isn't any of those three, sadly.