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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Original title: Lepa sela lepo gore
  • 19961996
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
16K
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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
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During the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome ... Read allDuring the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.During the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
16K
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  • Director
    • Srdjan Dragojevic
  • Writers
    • Vanja Bulic(story)
    • Srdjan Dragojevic(dialogue)
    • Biljana Maksic(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dragan Bjelogrlic
    • Nikola Kojo
    • Dragan Maksimovic
Top credits
  • Director
    • Srdjan Dragojevic
  • Writers
    • Vanja Bulic(story)
    • Srdjan Dragojevic(dialogue)
    • Biljana Maksic(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Dragan Bjelogrlic
    • Nikola Kojo
    • Dragan Maksimovic
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 53User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations

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    Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Nikola Pejakovic in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Dragan Bjelogrlic and Nikola Pejakovic in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Dragan Maksimovic in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Milorad Mandic-Manda and Dragan Petrovic-Pele in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Dragan Bjelogrlic in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Milorad Mandic-Manda in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Petar Bozovic and Dragan Zaric in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Dragan Bjelogrlic and Renata Ulmanski in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Dragan Bjelogrlic in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Milorad Mandic-Manda and Dragan Petrovic-Pele in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
    Nikola Kojo in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)

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    Dragan Bjelogrlic
    Dragan Bjelogrlic
    • Milan
    Nikola Kojo
    Nikola Kojo
    • Velja
    Dragan Maksimovic
    • Petar
    Zoran Cvijanovic
    • Brzi
    Milorad Mandic-Manda
    • Viljuska
    • (as Milorad Mandic)
    Dragan Petrovic-Pele
    • Laza
    • (as Dragan Petrovic)
    Lisa Moncure
    • Liza
    Nikola Pejakovic
    • Halil
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
    • Gvozden
    Petar Bozovic
    • Sloba
    Marko Kovijanic
    • Marko
    Dragan Zaric
    • Nazim
    Admir Sehovic
    • Mali Milan
    Milos Djuricic
    • Mali Halil
    Vera Dedovic
    • Uciteljica
    Branka Katic
    Branka Katic
    • Bolnicarka
    Milena Pavlovic
    • Bolnicarka
    Branko Vidakovic
    • Profiter
    • Director
      • Srdjan Dragojevic
    • Writers
      • Vanja Bulic(story)
      • Srdjan Dragojevic(dialogue) (screenplay) (story)
      • Biljana Maksic(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      For the 100 days of the shoot, the only food for the crew was frozen hamburgers prepared in a microwave.
    • Quotes

      Velja: Pretty villages are pretty when they burn. Ugly ones stay ugly, even when they burn.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 26 October 1997 (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Bacila je sve niz rijeku
      Performed by Indexi

    User reviews53

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    War is larger than man
    Another post-yugoslav film defending the humanity of the Balkan peoples in the light of European accusations that they are innately violent and blood-thirsty. It attempts to prove instead, that War is larger than man! The War easily defeats him into a monster that plunders his own house and seeks the murder of his own best friends.

    The film follows the fate of a group of besieged Serbian soldiers coping with their imminent death in parallel with the stories of how they ended up as soldiers. Yet it manages to do this in more light-hearted way than one would expect! Maybe because humour has been always the last resource of the downcast, at least in this part of the world!

    Balkan people may not be murderous savages, but they are masters in fashioning absurdity, and they appreciate absurdity when it happens to them. In this, the film characters stand next to the director, even when facing their own deaths. Absurdity of a fine sort fills the entire film, one might guess what is expecting him from the witty title itself properly translated as "Beautiful villages burn beautifully". I am only afraid it might lead the audience to believe that Bosnian war is portrayed here with more artistic license or exaggeration than is the truth...

    "Lepa sela lepo gore" shares the same theme as the bosnian film "No man's land" and ends (very movingly at that!) with the same message - an outsider is not in position to judge or qualify those who have lived through the conflict for their actions. He has no moral right neither to blame nor to forgive. While "No man's land" relates this issue directly to the habit of international media and western audiences to qualify sides in conflicts they do not understand, this film remains less committed to the contemporary. Instead it poses the same question to all of us as humans.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 1997 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    • Languages
      • Bosnian
      • Serbian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flammande byar
    • Filming locations
      • Visegrad, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Production companies
      • Cobra Film Department
      • Ministarstvo Kulture Republike Srbije
      • Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $211
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $141
      • Jan 19, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $211
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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