Directed by:
Teona Strugar MitevskaCinematography:
Virginie Saint-MartinCast:
Jelena Kordic Kuret, Labina Mitevska, Izudin Bajrovic, Ksenija Marinkovic, Vedrana Božinović, Ana Kostovska, Sinisa Vidovic, Nikolina KujacaPlots(1)
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She is matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love, but forgiveness. (Venice International Film Festival)
Reviews (1)
10 minutes into the film and the main character Asja is a woman I admire. The speed-dating she participates in, however, takes on new dimensions for her when the partner assigned to her starts talking about her past, which Asja is unknowingly a part of. The film mixes comedy and drama perfectly, which gives the film momentum and the viewer finds themselves on a 100-minute emotional roller coaster. Handling war trauma is an uneasy discipline that has a high chance of falling into stereotypical narratives, but The Happiest Man in the World is the exact opposite and proof that depicting a war theme doesn't actually need images from war. If you get a chance to see the film, go see it. It's a cinema experience you can not miss. [LFŠ 2023] ()
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