Promise Me This (2007)

A grandson gives his grandfather a vow to go to the city to sell a cow and bring back a wife.

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Writer:

Emir Kusturica

Stars:

Uros Milovanovic, Marija Petronijevic, Aleksandar Bercek

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Uros Milovanovic	...	Tsane
Marija Petronijevic	...	Jasna
Aleksandar Bercek	...	Grandpa Zivojin Markovic
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic	...	The Boss Bajo (as Predrag Miki Manojlovic)
Ljiljana Blagojevic	...	Bosa
Ivan Maksimovic	...	Inspector
Kosanka Djekic	...	Jasna's Mother
Stribor Kusturica	...	Topuz
Vladan Milojevic	...	Runjo
Stanoje Bogicevic	...	Cvaka
Slavko Tosic	...	Mrga
Zeljko Terzic	...	Zeka
Nenad Filipovic	...	Zuba
Mihajlo Todorovic	...	The Clerk
Marija Kovacevic	...	Pahuljica Milovanovic

Storyline

A grandson gives his grandfather a vow to go to the city to sell a cow and come back with a spouse. Extremely metaphorical representation of certain period of time in transitional Serbia is shown throughout the entire movie. Meeting the characters on his voyage, boy gets into various troubles, managing to fulfill the given promise.

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Plot Keywords:

city | rural setting | first love | former yugoslavia | irony | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Serbia France

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

3 July 2007 (Serbia)

Also Known As:

Promessas

Filming Locations:

Uzice, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fidélité Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Rasta International

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Taxi Driver (1976)

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Soundtracks

The Winner Takes it All
Written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Performed by various (karaoke)

User Reviews

Between fantasy and reality there're promises

ZAVET is not for sure Emir Kusturica's masterpiece, as this excellent director has better movies like UNDERGROUND or BLACK CAT WHITE CAT, however it's a nice film and it certainly uses plenty of Kusturica's typical elements/ideas.

It's a tale between fantasy and reality and it's a positive feature. The plot is always around a main topic: "a countryman grandfather asks to his grandson to go to the city sell their cow and get a wife, because he will soon die and leave him alone in the world". But next to this main topic many funny characters will appear, like a persistent pretender to an old teacher, a flying man came out from a circus, gypsy mad thieves and a pair of brothers that knock down everything…And with those funny characters, funny scenes will also appear, of course!

It has the typical characters and scenarios Kusturica likes to use and also the type of humor that makes him a different and special director. The last 10 minutes are really intense, weird and funny at the same time, and are just the proof of that!

Not being a masterpiece it's a nice film of a master… I score it 8/10.