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Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

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.

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Movies Starring Emir Kusturica (34)

I Will Revenge This World With Love - S. Paradjanov (2024)

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 ins ...

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Dule Savić and the Silence in London (2023)

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 ...

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Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom (2022)

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. ...

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Scenes from the Life of BH Film (2022)

The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence. ...

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El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019)

A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica. ...

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Balkan Line (2019)

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 arr ...

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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)

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. ...

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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others. ...

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On the Milky Road (2016)

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 ...

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The Legend of the Palme d'Or (2015)

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 ...

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Words with Gods (2014)

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 t ...

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The Ice Forest (2014)

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. ...

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The Scapegoat (2013)

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 anoth ...

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Who Is This Kusturica? (2013)

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 "Palm ...

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Balkan Spirit (2013)

Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit". ...

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The Whirl (2012)

Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults during the wartime 1990s. ...

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Walter (2012)

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 peo ...

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7 Days in Havana (2012)

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. ...

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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012)

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 t ...

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Nicostratos the Pelican (2011)

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 t ...

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Farewell (2009)

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 Grigori ...

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Maradona by Kusturica (2008)

A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player. ...

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Secret Journey (2006)

After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives. ...

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Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires (2005)

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 ...

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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus' (2003)

This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004. ...

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Strawberry in the Supermarket (2003)

An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother. ...

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The Good Thief (2002)

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. ...

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Super 8 Stories (2001)

A documentary about the band "No Smoking Orchestra". ...

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The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)

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 ...

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Emir Kusturica (2000)

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director. ...

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Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground (1996)

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. ...

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Underground (1995)

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate. ...

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Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)

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. ...

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Movies Made By Emir Kusturica (25)

El Pepe: A Supreme Life (2019)

A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica. ...

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On the Milky Road (2016)

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 ...

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Words with Gods (2014)

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 t ...

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Maradona by Kusturica (2008)

A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player. ...

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Promise Me This (2007)

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he mee ...

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Gucha! (2006)

Juliet, a white girl, falls in love with a dark-skinned romeo, a divine trumpet player from the Roma orchestra. But her father Satchmo doesn't accept Romeo. Romeo needs to fight for Juliet at the legendary Festival of the trumpeters in Gucha. ...

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Le court des grands (2005)

A program of short films from some of the cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears. - George Lucas "1.42. ...

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All the Invisible Children (2005)

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. ...

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TropiAbbas (2005)

An Iranian filmmaker, a female taxi driver and a class a about cinema. ...

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Life Is a Miracle (2004)

Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually capt ...

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Strawberry in the Supermarket (2003)

An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother. ...

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Super 8 Stories (2001)

A documentary about the band "No Smoking Orchestra". ...

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Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they str ...

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Underground (1995)

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate. ...

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Arizona Dream (1993)

An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizon ...

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Time of the Gypsies (1988)

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves. ...

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The Worker's Life (1987)

An acknowledged and proven factory worker gets fired after workers' strike. ...

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The Magpie Strategy (1987)

Adventures of an idealistic old Communist whose treasured watch is stolen by a magpie but who overcomes all difficulties. ...

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When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His ...

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Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)

A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals. ...

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Buffet Titanic (1979)

Based on a short story of Ivo Andrić, famous Yugoslav Nobel Prize winner, this film is set in Sarajevo during WW2. Mento is a humble, poor Jew who runs a caffe. Stjepan is a man of unknown background, with no social or psychological dimension, who joined ...

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Guernica (1978)

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world. ...

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The Brides Are Coming (1978)

Jelena, a woman of character, rules an inn in an isolated place in the countryside. She lives with her two sons: Martin and Jakov. Martin has been married to Kata for 5 years, but never succeeded in having a child. Jakov sleeps with his mother in postures ...

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