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Vozvrashchenie (2003)
Hollow and
It is like so many other European movies I watched and it amazes me how directors don't learn that dramas don't necessarily mean almost two hours of silence and meaningless looks with a plot that is incredibly hollow. Don't get me wrong I like European movies but this too much for anyone. It's incredible how this movie received so many awards. Obviously it is a trend in Europe to make deep and artsy movies that are so different from Hollywood pictures that they usually end up in the extremes. This is typical example. The limit of esthetics in this movie are rain and interesting camera angles which don't bring anything new and also don't contribute to the story. The acting on the other hand by the two kids is stunning but it is totally lost and forgotten as soon as the credits start rolling on the screen. I wish I could have spent my night watching something else.
Majstori, majstori! (1980)
A dark comedy about a day in shcool
A great cast and an even better story make this one of Goran Markovic's best movies and one of my personal favourites. WARNING SPOILER Set in a day of a school with an overzealous principal in the middle of a retirement party for Keva (a janitor) whilst a school inspector comes to inspect charges for a sexual harassment case. The genius of this movie is the closed small society which consists of the school faculty, a group of discontent but in many ways normal people like everyone else, somewhat of a reminder to all those who went to school and regarded their teachers as freaks. A great example is the biology teacher who speaks of her holiday in Rome and the way she met her husband (a bitter technology teacher and mechanic) who as she says "exceeded her". The somewhat absurd situations, such as the school play and retirement dinner (you'll have to watch the movie to see why they are a bit absurd), are the highlights of the movie (amongst many) which couldn't have worked without a great cast such as Aca Bercek, Zoran Radmilovic and Semka Sokolovic (someone who I would like to see in more movies) as the principal are at the peak of their performance. All in all a movie worth watching regardless of your nationality or surroundings with so many great phrases which will be repeated over and over again between people who have watched this movie.