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Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)

Sjecas li se, Dolly Bell (original title)
Not Rated | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 15 August 1986 (USA)
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A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals. They hire him to hide a young ... See full summary »

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writers:

Emir Kusturica, Abdulah Sidran

Stars:

Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Slavko Stimac ... Dino
Slobodan Aligrudic Slobodan Aligrudic ... Otac
Ljiljana Blagojevic Ljiljana Blagojevic ... Dolly Bell
Mira Banjac ... Majka
Pavle Vuisic Pavle Vuisic ... Tetak (as Pavle Vujisic)
Nada Pani Nada Pani ... Tetka
Boro Stjepanovic Boro Stjepanovic ... Cvikeras
Zivko 'Zika' Ristic Zivko 'Zika' Ristic ... Cica (as Zika Ristic)
Mirsad Zulic Mirsad Zulic ... Braco Sintor
Jasmin Celo Jasmin Celo ... Rasim Top
Ismet Delahmet Ismet Delahmet ... Midho
Jovanka Paripovic Jovanka Paripovic ... Ljubica
Mahir Imamovic Mahir Imamovic ... Kerim
Zakira Stjepanovic Zakira Stjepanovic ... Meliha
Sanela Spahovic Sanela Spahovic
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Storyline

A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals. They hire him to hide a young prostitute and he falls in love with her. Written by Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>

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prostitute | upskirt | white panties | panties | pimp | See All (23) »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Certificate:

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Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

15 August 1986 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

¿Te acuerdas de Dolly Bell? See more »

Filming Locations:

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kinema Sarajevo, RO Forum, Sarajevo, SIZ za kinematografiju SR BiH See more »
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Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Winner Best Actor (Slavko Stimac) at 25th Panama International Film Festival. See more »

Quotes

Otec: Women are like salt. You can do without, but it's lousy.
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24 mila baci
Written by Adriano Celentano, Lucio Fulci, Piero Vivarelli
Performed by Adriano Celentano
[Sung along to by Slavko Stimac]
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both delightful and disturbing
23 December 2002 | by damir00 – See all my reviews

whichever corner of the balkans is called home, it is all but unuarguable that Kusturica is the region's greatest filmmaker. i have enjoyed all of his films - most especially "Otac na sluzbenom putu" and "Underground" - but none disturbed me quite like this one disturbed me.

the reason is that he portrays a (former) Yugoslavia i do not know, and have never known. both my parents fled the "acceptable face of communism" during the very years this film shows almost nostalgically. they were roughly the same age as the main character, yet their experience of Tito's paradise was completely and utterly apposite to what Kusturica shows on the screen. the world they knew was one of deprivation and disappearances and harassment and they could not get away from it fast enough.

i am not saying either viewpoint is right or wrong. i just find it eye-openingly disturbing that the same place at the same time can be remembered in such radically different ways.

i believe there is a lesson in that for all of us, especially those of us whose roots lie in the balkans.
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