Emir Kusturica
Also Known As: Емир Кустуриця, Емір Кустуріца, Эмир Кустурица, ემირ კუსტურიცა, 에밀 쿠스트리차, 에미르 쿠스트리차
Biography: Emir Nemanja Kusturica is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films. He is a two-time winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as being a Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence is Drvengrad, a village in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for his film Life Is a Miracle.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adult: No
Birthday: November 24, 1954
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Male
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Maradona by Kusturica
Overview: A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-28
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Farewell
Overview: An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-09-23
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The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Overview: In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-19
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Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Overview: It is a live record of a show of this band in one of their first presentations in Argentina. All done with the ease and artistic self-confidence that the Serbian film director has. With that gypsy music of the Balkans plus some rock, they capture here with a lot of energy and humor an almost circus show. Recorded March 3, 2005 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-03
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Secret Journey
Overview: After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-10-20
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7 Days in Havana
Overview: A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-hour-long experiences while living in/visiting the capital of Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-04-05
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Nicostratos the Pelican
Overview: After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bird at home. Pelican helps the boy find his father again and revive him back to life ...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-29
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Underground
Overview: A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 1995-05-13
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Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Overview: The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bs
Release Date: 2022-05-14
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The Scapegoat
Overview: There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure or another. Life is never a bore for Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat and the older brother responsible for this horde of kids. But when incidents happen wherever he goes, police and colleagues begin to eye him suspiciously. It soon becomes a matter of life and death to find out what is going on and who is so interested in ruining his life. Written by Pathe International
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-16
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Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Overview: The history, culture and tradition of Serbs living West of the Drina river, from the times of medieval Bosnia to the 20th century and the formation of Republika Srpska, an internationally recognized entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-01
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The Whirl
Overview: Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults during the wartime 1990s.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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The Good Thief
Overview: An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-06
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Words with Gods
Overview: The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-20
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Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Overview: The end of the match was being played when Dusan Savic ran onto the ball and sent it into Arsenal's goal with his left foot. For the silence at "Highbury" that the English had never recorded before. Over 40,000 people who came to the "Highbury" stadium had the opportunity to see the fearless Red Star and saw her off with well-deserved applause. The generation that took a huge step towards the first final of a European competition was led by coach Branko Stankovic, the famous "Ambassador".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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The Ice Forest
Overview: In the harsh snowy landscape of the Italian Alps, a young technician arrives to repair an electric power plant of a village plagued by blackouts. There, he encounters a strange disappearance.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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On the Milky Road
Overview: Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to bring his precious wares to the soldiers. Blessed with good fortune on his mission, loved by a beautiful villager, a peaceful future seems to await him… until the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman turns his life upside down. Thus begins a story of passionate, forbidden love that will plunge them both into a series of fantastic and dangerous adventures. They have been joined by fate, and nothing and no one seems able to stop them… Two-times Palme D'Or winner Emir Kusturica directs and stars in this story of love and war, rich in emotion, comedy and adventure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2016-02-03
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Who Is This Kusturica?
Overview: Emir Kusturica views himself as a rock musician and believes that he became a world-famous filmmaker by pure chance, as he shoots his movies only in between concert tours with the “No Smoking Orchestra” band. At these little pinpoints of time he gets “Palms d’Or” at Cannes, “Golden Lions” in Venice, builds his own villages, a power plant and a piste and regrets not becoming a professional football player. Kusturica’s own living is very much similar to his movies, where shoes are polished with cats, death is treated like a story from tabloid press, and life is a miracle...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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"I Will Revenge This World With Love" - S. Paradjanov
Overview: The author of the film decides to leave the country where she lives, in connection with the outbreak of the dramatic events, and return home to Armenia in search of a worthy example and solutions on how to live on. Paradjanov's house becomes a place of inspiration and a point of no return to toxic reality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: hy
Release Date: 2024-08-28
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The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Overview: From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments relating to the award ceremony which closes the Cannes Film Festival. This film brings to light moving and personal stories, as surprising as they are varied, which all contribute to further enhancing the legend of the Palme d’Or.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-20
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Strawberry in the Supermarket
Overview: An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2003-02-06
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Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Overview: While his country Yugoslavia gradually turns into a battlefield, director Emir Kusturica guides his film crew to overcome this reality. A new world, which carries the signs of the old, comes to life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-30
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El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Overview: A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-10-13
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Balkan Spirit
Overview: Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-08
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Walter
Overview: In 1945 the forgotten Serbian World War II Hero Walter got killed while defending the occupied city of Sarajevo. In 1972 the actor Velimir Bata Zivojinovic changed the history of China portraying Walter in a Yugoslav partisan movie. More than a billion people saw that film until today. Myth. Legend.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sr
Release Date: 2012-11-04
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Balkan Line
Overview: After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Walter Defends Sarajevo
Overview: Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.
Genres: Thriller War Action
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1972-04-12
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Emir Kusturica
Overview: A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-12
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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Overview: A film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a grand-father, a friend, a professor... This film is an unexpected meeting with one of the most fascinating European film directors: Emir Kusturica. This is a journey to memory and forgetfulness. Beyond success, money, dependencies and pride. A deeper look into the world of Kusturica and his Wooden city at Mokra Gora. A tale about the won battles, as well as the lost ones. About the everlasting curiosity in filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2012-03-01
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Overview: An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2018-09-16
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Super 8 Stories
Overview: A documentary about the band "No Smoking Orchestra".
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 2001-10-10
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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Overview: Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-05
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Good Morning, the Wind Blows
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-12-10
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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Overview: This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-25
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How I waited for the sun
Overview: Under the warm rays of the sun, the protagonists become living still lifes, resting on benches, chairs, and deckchairs. In the quiet embrace of nature, they wait, reflect, and remember. This cinematic group portrait delves into the legacy and creative spirit of Vilko Filač, the Slovenian master of film photography, celebrating the enduring mark he left on the world of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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