Some Other Stories

Jul 18, 2010

1h 54m

★ 6.4

Overview

The film is a high-concept project with five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. “Croatian Story” follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Serbian Story” finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer. “Bosnia-Herzegovina Story” centers on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son?s lover is pregnant. “Macedonian Story” unfolds in a clinic where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby, and “Slovenian Story” ends the omnibus on a humorous note with a nun who finds her own way to immaculate conception.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Balkan Film

4Film

Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe

Studio Maj

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Cast

Sonja (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Nera Stipičević

Marin (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Goran Bogdan

Milena (segment "Srpska priča")

Nataša Ninković

Đorđe (segment "Srpska priča")

Sergej Trifunović

Haris (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

Feđa Štukan

Heder (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

Nina Violić

Irena (segment "Makedonska prikazna")

Iva Zendelska

Jane (segment "Makedonska prikazna")

Slaviša Kajevski

Lena (segment "Slovenska zgodba")

Lucija Šerbedžija

Tamir (segment "Slovenska zgodba")

Marko Mandić

Antonija (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Mirela Brekalo

Gost na partiju 7 (segment "Hrvatska priča")

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