In 1992, in a small Bosnian village, the Serbian engineer Luka Djuric (Slavko Stimac) is constructing the local railway and lives in the middle of nowhere with his beloved aspirant soccer player son Milos (Vuk Kostic) and his annoying former opera singer wife Jadranka Djuric (Vesna Trivalic). After a soccer game, Milos expects to be invited to play in the Partisan' team, but is called-up to the army. Luka can not believe that a war is beginning in his country and forces his son to join the army. Meanwhile after Milos' farewell party, Jadranka leaves Luka, traveling away with a musician. When the war reaches the area where Luka lives, Milos is captured alive by the enemy. Later, the Muslin nurse Sabaha (Natasa Solak) is abducted by the Bosnian soldiers and the lieutenant asks the lonely Luka to host her as prisoner because they would try to exchange Milos for Sabaha, who belonged to a wealthy family. As the days go by, Luka and Sabaha fall in love for each other until the day that Jadranka returns and the trade of Milos per Sabaha is accepted.
The beginning of "Zivot je Cudo" is surrealistic and funny and annoying at the same time. The character Jadranka Djuric is one of the most bothersome I have ever seen, and the weird situations made me believe that this movie would be a boring comedy. However, after the departure of Milos and Jadranka, the story becomes very attractive, and when Sabaha appears the astral of the story changes to a magnificent and dramatic romance. The gorgeous actress Natasa Solak is unknown in Brazil at least for me, but I loved her performance and her beautiful character. Further, I was cheering for a happy and commercial ending, and I also appreciated the conclusion with Luka and Sabaha leaving together the blackness of the tunnel metaphorically representing the life of Luka after Sabaha's departure to her country. Another plus in this romance is that it does not focus the cruelties of this bloody war. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "A Vida É um Milagre" ("The Life is a Miracle")
The beginning of "Zivot je Cudo" is surrealistic and funny and annoying at the same time. The character Jadranka Djuric is one of the most bothersome I have ever seen, and the weird situations made me believe that this movie would be a boring comedy. However, after the departure of Milos and Jadranka, the story becomes very attractive, and when Sabaha appears the astral of the story changes to a magnificent and dramatic romance. The gorgeous actress Natasa Solak is unknown in Brazil at least for me, but I loved her performance and her beautiful character. Further, I was cheering for a happy and commercial ending, and I also appreciated the conclusion with Luka and Sabaha leaving together the blackness of the tunnel metaphorically representing the life of Luka after Sabaha's departure to her country. Another plus in this romance is that it does not focus the cruelties of this bloody war. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "A Vida É um Milagre" ("The Life is a Miracle")