- Montevideo, God Bless You!
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Montevideo, Bog te Video! 
Official PosterDirected by Dragan Bjelogrlić Produced by Dejan Petrović Written by Srđan Dragojević
Ranko BožićBased on Montevideo, Bog te video by
Vladimir StankovićStarring Miloš Biković
Petar Strugar
Nina Janković
Danina JeftićMusic by Magnifico Cinematography Goran Volarevc Editing by Marko Glušac Studio Intermedia Network Release date(s) December 21, 2010 Running time 140 minutes Country Serbia Language Serbian Montevideo, God Bless You! (Serbian: Монтевидео, Бог те видео / Montevideo, Bog te video; internationally titled Montevideo, Taste of a Dream) is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić about the events leading to the participation of the Yugoslavia national football team at the first FIFA World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay in July 1930. The film has gained considerable media attention throughout 2010 and is achieving significant box office success in Serbia since its release on December 21, 2010.[1] As of February 18th 2011, more than 500,000 people watched the film in Serbia and Montenegro.[2]
The story is loosely based on the novel Montevideo, Bog te video by the prominent Serbian sports journalist Vladimir Stanković. He drew inspiration to write a romanticized depiction of the late 1920s Serbia and the events that popularized the game of football in the country after having watched the American film The Game of Their Lives.[3]
The film was awarded the 'Audience Choice Award'[4] for best film in the main competition program at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival. It has also become Serbia's nomination to join the foreign language Academy Award race for 2012.[5][6]
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Plot
The plot, inspired by real life events that took place in the late 1920s, tells a story about a group of Belgrade football players, their lives, friendships, romances and troubles that arise before their eventual assembly into the national team and departure for the far-away Uruguay. This historical melodrama gives a unique and somewhat nostalgic view of post-Great War Belgrade while resurrecting a distinctive era which underlines the main values and virtues of the time.
Cast
- Miloš Biković as Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić
- Petar Strugar as Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović
- Nina Janković as Valerija, an eccentric Belgrade artist and painter, who hangs out among Belgrade's elite.
- Danina Jeftić as Rosa, Tirke's love interest, who works at her uncle Rajko's tavern.
- Mima Karadžić as Rajko, owner of the local tavern.
- Branimir Brstina as Bogdan Brica
- Vojin Ćetković as Mihajlo "Andrejka" Andrejević
- Nebojša Ilić as Boško "Dunster" Simonović, who becomes the national team's coach later in the film.
- Nikola Ðuričko as Živković
- Sergej Trifunović as Načelnik Komatina
- Viktor Savić as Milutin "Milutinac" Ivković,
- Predrag Vasić as Little Stanoje, a shoeshine boy, he considers himself as Tirke's best friend, and he lives under poor conditions and has a leg deformity.
- Srđan Todorović as Bora Jovanović
- Boda Ninković as Kustodić
- Marko Živić as Isak
- Aleksandar Radojčić as Milorad "Balerina" Arsenijević
- Uroš Jovicić as Đorđe "Ðokica Nosonja" Vujadinović
- Bojan Krivokapić as Momčilo "Gusar" Đokić
- Andrija Kuzmanović as Milovan "Jakša" Jakšić
- Nenad Heraković as Dragoslav "Vampir" Mihajlović
- Rade Ćosić as Teofilo Spasojević
- Milan Nikitović as Branislav "Bane" Sekulić
- Tamara Dragićević as Eli
- Branislav Lečić as King Alexander
Accolades
Event Category Winner/Nominee Result Fipresci Serbia 2010[7] Best Actor Miloš Biković Nominated Best Actress Danina Jeftić Nominated Best Actress Nina Janković Nominated Best Picture Intermedia Network Won Best Director Dragan Bjelogrlić Won Best Director of Photography Goran Volarević Won Best Script Srđan Dragojević and Ranko Bozić Won Best Production Design Nemanja Petrović Won Popularity Oscars 2010[8] Best Picture Intermedia Network Won THE MEN awards 2010 Project of the Year Intermedia Network Won MTV Movie Awards 2011 Best Film Intermedia Network Won 33rd Moscow International Film Festival Audience Choice Award Intermedia Network Won 58th International Pula Film Festival Special Mention Intermedia Network Won Sopot Film Festival 2011 Best Production Design Nemanja Petrovic Won Two Riversides Film and Art Festival 2011 Audience Choice Award Intermedia Network Won Nis Film Festival 2011[9] Best Actor - 'Constantine The Great Award' Miloš Biković Won Best Debut Petar Strugar Won FIPRESCI Award Viktor Savic Won Best Comic Role Branimir Brstina Won Actor of the Evening Predrag Vasic Won See also
- List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Blic Online, January 10, 2011
- ^ http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/236307/Film-Montevideo-videlo-400000-ljudi
- ^ O snimanju
- ^ http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff33/eng/news/?id=334
- ^ "Serbia submits their popular 'Montevideo Bog te video'". blic.rs. http://www.blic.rs/Kultura/Vesti/274390/Montevideo-Bog-te-video-srpski-kandidat-za-Oskara. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111013.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ http://www.vesti-online.com/Scena/Film/115048/Montevideo-osvojio-najvise-nagrada
- ^ http://www.story.rs/vesti/u-fokusu/13433-dodeljeni-oskari-popularnosti-za-2010-godinu.html
- ^ http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_category=268&yyyy=2011&mm=08&nav_id=537436
External links
Awards Preceded by
Tamo i ovdeSerbian Oscar Of Popularity
The Movie of the Year
2010Succeeded by
TBDCategories:- 2010 films
- Serbian films
- Serbian-language films
- Serbian comedy films
- Films based on actual events
- Films set in Uruguay
- 1930 FIFA World Cup
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