Kod amidze idriza
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
2004, 96 min
Shown in 2005
CREDITS
- dir
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Pjer Zalica
- prod
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Ademir Kenovic
- scr
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Namik Kabil
- cam
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Mirsad Herovic
- editor
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Almir Kenovic
- mus
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Sasa Losic
- cast
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Senad Basic, Mustafa Nadarevic, Semka Sokolovic-Bertok
- source
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Refresh Production, Splitska 11, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina. FAX: 38-7-3321-1093. EMAIL: film@refresh.ba.
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COMMENTS
Pjer Zalica in person.
OTHER
Everyday life has returned to the Balkans, with its everyday problems of cars that won’t start, broken water heaters, mandolins missing a single string and neighbors who drop by unexpectedly for table tennis tournaments. The affable Fuke pays a visit to his uncle and aunt to help with domestic repairs and discovers that there is more to fix than poor plumbing. His Uncle Idriz is having a difficult time letting go of past grief and old assumptions. An estrangement has grown between Idriz and his daughter-in-law, though her daughter—his grandchild—is the source of his greatest happiness. The pain is such that it permeates their entire close-knit little neighborhood. Director Zalica aims a delicate eye toward the daily minutiae that reveal the rich undercurrents of emotion of his characters in this heartwarming and often comic domestic drama. The wounds of war linger in the background of the characters’ present-day life but are rarely addressed directly. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official Academy Award entry for Best Foreign Language Film shines with deft observations of character, a gentle warmth and unexpected moments of delight while offering a resounding affirmation of life after wartime.
—Molli Amara Simon
FACTOID #80
Irving ’Bud’ Levin, owner of San Francisco’s Metro Theatre, founded the SFIFF in 1957. However, Levin credited the idea for creating the Festival to the Italian consul general at the time, Pierluigi Alvera, who became one of its staunchest supporters.
