Sjaj u ocima (2003)

Swan is a lonely Serbian refugee in Belgrade. He hopes for a visa to follow his long-lost fiancée to Chicago, but winds up at the Happy Millennium dating agency. A warm romantic comedy with a twist.

Director:

Srdjan Karanovic

Writer:

Srdjan Karanovic

Stars:

Senad Alihodzic, Ivana Bolanca, Jelena Djokic

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Swan is a lonely Serbian refugee in Belgrade. He hopes for a visa to follow his long-lost fiancée to Chicago, but winds up at the Happy Millennium dating agency. A warm romantic comedy with a twist.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Serbia UK Republic of Macedonia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

19 September 2003 (Serbia and Montenegro)

Also Known As:

Loving Glances

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Imaginative, Literary Romantic Comedy--a first class effort

first-class effort by Radivoje Andric, a young Serb director about couples in love during the Yugoslav conflict. At times sentimental, the story and incidents are original, imaginative and the characters are great too. A Serb intellectual who lives a desolate life as a political refugee in Belgrade misses his girlfriend who has emigrated to America. He imagines that his girlfriend is with her to keep him company, and then he imagines a whole cast of people from his past to keep him company during his homeless wanderings through Belgrade. We're never quite sure of how deluded he is; does the girl really exist? Are they really engaged? Then he meets a girl-a real girl-not an imaginary one- who forces him to deal with his realities and make choices. This film-which took a long time to be made because of the Yugoslavia conflict-doesn't get bogged down in politics, but it shows the effects of these events on ordinary people. Too bad it couldn't have been released (for example) in 1999 to give Americans a glimpse of Yugoslavs as a people not merely as a patchwork of ethnic tribes at war with one another. The settings and situations are bleak, but the people are charming, a mixture of the old-fashioned and hip. Don't miss the "computerized dating service" scenes and the matchmaker-they are great fun, if not a little sad. The female lead, Ivana Bolanca is charming and mysterious and vulnerable. Senad Alihodzic, the male lead is thoughtful, happy-go-lucky and bursting with poetry and optimism. I found myself wishing the scenes with imaginary characters could be shortened a bit, and that Ivan Bolanca's character could be fleshed out a bit-she too seemed like a mere romantic projection sometimes. Still, America needs more dreamers like Radivoje Andric to make movies.