Yugoslavia/Serbia/Slovenia
Category: Foreign
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Cirkus Columbia(2010)
WidescreenSKU: D42383
Post-communist Bosnia in 1991, on the eve of that country's bloody civil war, is the setting for scripter/director Danis Tanovic's compelling character study. Ex-pat Divko (Miki Manojlovic) returns--with wads of cash and sexy girlfriend Azra (Jelena Stupljanin)--after 20 years of German self-exile and promptly turns his hometown upside ... more
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SKU: D76169
Separated from his girlfriend during the Balkans War, lovesick student Labud attempts to get on with his life in 1995 Belgrade. After encountering beautiful fellow refugee Romana, Labud begins to fall for her despite their ethnic differences. But when the pair are haunted by their pasts, can the new relationship survive? Bittersweet ... more
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Fuse(2003)
SKU: D96044
Set in the aftermath of the Bosnian civil war, this sharp satire chronicles the upheaval that occurs in a small community after the residents there learn that President Clinton may be paying them a visit. Scrambling to make things perfect for his arrival, the frantic townspeople must deal with a black marketeer and a crazed former police ... more
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SKU: D99500
Hoping to lead a quiet life together, a Croatian lesbian couple moves into an apartment building in Zagreb. They quickly find the complex is peopled by eccentric, disturbed, and frightening fellow tenants whose various neuroses seem to explode after the arrival of their unconventional new neighbors. Chilling and erotic film from Croatia ... more
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Witnesses (Svjedoci)(2003)
SKU: D92176
Set during the Balkan civil wars of the 1990s, this nonlinear drama explores the murder of a Serbian man believed to be a smuggler by three Croatian soldiers who shoot him and then kill an eyewitness. When the event is replayed, "Rashomon"-style, from different characters' points of view, the story becomes paradoxically clearer and ... more
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FullscreenSKU: D30603
Though crowds assemble for a rock concert in a Croatian town's main square, tragedy threatens to stain the celebrations. Midnight is only two hours away--more than enough time for a scheming couple, a drug addict, a widow and her heartsick child, three inebriated American sailors to fatefully collide in this stylish film noir. Dino ... more
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SKU: D78930
Following the end of the Slavic wars, a young pregnant woman returns from Germany to be reunited with her loved ones in a small village in Croatia. As her family pressures her to conform to local customs, she unleashes a torrent of disapproval and controversy within her community when she gives birth to a half-Asian baby. Daria Lorenci, ... more
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What Iva Recorded(2005)
SKU: D78922
After receiving a digital video camera for her birthday, a teen begins filming her family as they fight, love and laugh. Quickly, she discovers that the footage she shot presents a candid look at her loved ones that also serves as an overview of contemporary bourgeois life and the complexities of Croatian culture. Anja Sovagovic-Despot, ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D44279
The aftermath of war in Bosnia haunts Esma (Mirjana Karanovic), a single mother living in Sarajevo who keeps the fate of her missing husband a secret from her 12-year-old daughter (Luna Mijovic). Unable to find solace in a support group, Esma lands a job as a nightclub waitress, where her tentative relationship with a bouncer only ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D18218
Architect Nikola's (Leon Lucev) long affair with Ana (Daria Lorenci), his professional colleague, reaches a turning point when his business enters hard times. In addition to that financial strife, the fact that Nikola's wife (Jadranka Djokic) has been aware of their relationship for years adds extra fuel to the growing romantic fire. ... more
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Before The Rain(1994)
SKU: D10446
Director Milcho Manchevski's stunning drama intimately examines the turmoil of the post-Cold War Balkan states, focusing on a diverse group of people--including a Macedonian monk, an Albanian refugee girl, a British photo editor, and her lover, a Macedonian photojournalist--caught up in the region's ethnic and religious strife. Rafe ... more
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SKU: D55033
Director Dusan Makavejev's multi-layered exploration of the connection between sexual and political liberty follows the romance between a Yugoslav woman and a Russian skater, and is framed by Stalinist propaganda films, scenes of '60s New York street life, and footage of psychologist Wilhelm Reich (the title's "W.R."). 85 min. Standard; ... more
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Sweet Movie(1974)
SKU: D55032
A shocking and provocative cult favorite, this blend of dark comedy and futurist satire from maverick Yugoslav filmmaker Dusan Makavejev follows the interwoven fates of a beauty pageant queen, a Texas oil millionaire, a rock star, a sailor from the battleship Potemkin, and other offbeat characters. Carol Laure, Pierre Clementi and John ... more
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SKU: D56669
Three works from groundbreaking Yugoslavian filmmaker Dusan Makavejev are featured in this three-disc set. In his first feature, "Man Is Not a Bird" (1965), Makavejev delivers a remarkable romantic drama that chronicles the turbulent relationship that develops between a copper factory engineer and a hairdresser in a small mining town. ... more
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SKU: D76649
Director Emir Kusturica ("When Father Was Away on Business") presents this memorable coming-of-age drama following a young man as he makes his way through 1960s Sarajevo. While caring for his ailing father, the 16-year-old finds his life changed when he decides to help a group of local criminals that he respects hide a beautiful prostitute/cabaret ... more
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SKU: D73572
Acclaimed political satire from director Emir Kusturica is set in Yugoslavia in the 1950s and follows the experiences of a 6-year-old boy whose father has, unknown to the youth, been sent to a labor camp after being found with a government official's mistress. Moreno D'E Bartoli, Miki Manojlovic star. 135 min. Standard; Soundtrack: ... more
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SKU: D20361
Serbian supermarket clerk Jagoda (Branka Katic), smarting from having a coworker emerge victorious from a romantic rivalry, takes out her frustrations on an elderly customer who leaves the store without her grandson's birthday cake. The birthday boy, a war veteran, returns to the store armed and takes hostages, leading to a face-off ... more
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SKU: D94281
Set during the Kosovo War, this intense, stylish drama follows the poignant story of a despairing, middle-aged professor (Svetozar Cvetkovic) miraculously "reborn" after his death. As he attempts to complete the unfinished business of his life, the fog of war and a 48-hour time limit threaten to extinguish his fragile hope for redemption. ... more
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Kukumi(2005)
SKU: D98584
Set in postwar Kosovo, this politically charged drama follows three mental patients who taste freedom for the first time when they are liberated from an institution. Although the men do not possess the intelligence and life experience of the strangers they encounter, they seem to be able to cope better than everyone else. But when the ... more
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The Trap (Klopka)(2007)
WidescreenSKU: D17443
Husband and father Mladen (Nebojsa Glogovac) faces a tough situation when he learns his son needs to undergo very expensive heart surgery and he hasn't the money to pay for it. Desperate, he accepts an offer to act as a hired killer and eliminate a stranger's business rival. The job becomes twice as frightening and dangerous when he ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D60986
For those who found "A Serbian Film" a little too tame comes this utterly outrageous and disturbing picture about a film student eager to break into the world of movies but forced to go on the run once he botches a porno shoot. Recruiting a company of unattractive, diseased, and just plain desperate associates, the filmmaker takes his ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D38886
A semi-retired Serbian porn actor (Srdjan Todorovic) in need of money to support his wife (Jelena Gavrilovic) and young son accepts a lucrative offer from an enigmatic director (Sergej Trifunovic) to appear in a new film. As part of his contract, the actor is obligated to show up on set without knowing in advance what acts he will be ... more
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Clip(2012)
WidescreenSKU: D24333
Unable to deal with the dreariness of her home life in the Belgrade suburbs, 14-year-old Jasna (Isidora Simijonovic) can only find release by debauching herself with sex and drugs, recording it all through her cell phone, and sharing the results with abusive, marginally interested dream boy Djordje (Vukasin Jasnic). Graphic, provocative ... more
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available 6/11/2013
When I Close My Eyes(1993)
SKU: D39052
The first independent film to come out of Slovenia, director Franci Slak's compelling thriller follows a young woman who uses a robbery at the rural post office where she works to steal some money for herself. Her fascination with the thief leads her on a search to track him down. Petra Govc, Mario Selih star. 99 min. Standard; Soundtrack: ... more
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SKU: D78902
Touted as a female version of "Deliverance," this provocative and disturbing allegorical thriller follows three college students as they take a camping trip in the Slovenian countryside. While two of the girls grow intimate, the other has a strange encounter with a seemingly normal fisherman. But when the women are stalked by a political ... more
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SKU: D44328
Smuggling illegal immigrants into Italy becomes too big a job for ex-motorbike champion Ludvik (Peter Musevski), so he obtains an assistant from his days in competition. The apprentice begins to find the work morally troubling when he learns that part of the job may involve selling the corpses of murdered immigrants for "spare parts." ... more
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WidescreenSKU: D01636
When two thieves abscond with a valuable painting, they become the targets of a hired assassin recruited to track them. What they don't realize is that the hit man is even more concerned with a document from the World War II era also taken by the thugs, which contains powerful secrets about the artwork's origins and its creator. Brisk ... more
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9:06(2009)
WidescreenSKU: D08007
The obsessiveness with which police inspector Dusan (Igor Samobor) pursues the truth behind a man's apparent suicide appears mysterious at first...until we learn that his daughter died at the very same location. Because Dusan's wife continues to blame him for the girl's accidental death, the grieving lawman seeks escape and insight ... more
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A Call Girl(2009)
WidescreenSKU: D38060
Leaving her small-town home to attend university in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, 23-year-old Alexandra (Nina Ivanisin) studies English by day and spends her nights working as a prostitute. When a client dies and is discovered to be a key German politician, Alexandra seeks refuge from the police in her home village. Compelling ... more
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