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Once upon a time there was a country…
Emir Kusturica described this film as the obituary of his country, Yugoslavia. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1995 and is the pinnacle of the Slavic director's filmography.
Forty years of history seen through the visionary eye of a director who creates true visual poetry. Telling the plot would be limiting and certainly not exhaustive because more than a story, it is a work of art.
The soundtrack is by Goran Bregovic and even if the film weren't the masterpiece it is, it would still be worth watching for the music alone. It is a film that stands in cinema as "One Hundred Years of Solitude" stands in literature. A film of almost excessive power, a raging river that engages the viewer and fully immerses them in the atmosphere of Slavic tradition…
A film that one may certainly not like, but it is definitely worth seeing, a unique experience.
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