After her husband's death in Germany, a young widow in rural Croatia falls in love with a troubled priest, who must choose between her love and saving his church.After her husband's death in Germany, a young widow in rural Croatia falls in love with a troubled priest, who must choose between her love and saving his church.After her husband's death in Germany, a young widow in rural Croatia falls in love with a troubled priest, who must choose between her love and saving his church.
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Branimir Vidic
- Danguba Ivic
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OK, this is NOT the best Croatian movie of all times, but it's hardly the worst either. The story is good, it has a few jokes which are actually funny, and the acting is quite good. However, Hribar shows an amazing lack of sense for humor and rhythm and, while some scenes seem professionally done, the opening sequence, for example, is terrible. A CGI plane? Trash. It's also interesting to see how recent Croatian filmmakers make for a lack of jokes: simply insert a profanity! Amazingly, the whole theater laughed every time a character said an f-word. Even when it was clearly not intended to be funny. Weird. The script saves it and some good actors in supporting roles, but watch Bresan's films for more intelligent Croatian comedy.
P.S. I've seen some people posting about Janica Kostelic... What the hell has that to do with this???
P.S. I've seen some people posting about Janica Kostelic... What the hell has that to do with this???
Great and funny mobile.... Maybe non-croatians wont understand croatian style of humor, especially croatian humor speech...in every case great movie
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I have to admit that it's a while since I saw such a good Croatian movie.And I'm really happy that the things are starting to move in our filmography.
So I really can't understand the negative comments that I read.OK,maybe it's the question of taste,and we don't want to discuss that,but still: the photography is really good,the story flows well,and I don't find the humor shallow.In fact,I didn't hear such a good haiku poem in a while.
Message of the film is maybe unoriginal (love conquers all).But maybe it's not too bad to hear it again,and again from time to time.I doubt we all live a "pink" lives....
So I really can't understand the negative comments that I read.OK,maybe it's the question of taste,and we don't want to discuss that,but still: the photography is really good,the story flows well,and I don't find the humor shallow.In fact,I didn't hear such a good haiku poem in a while.
Message of the film is maybe unoriginal (love conquers all).But maybe it's not too bad to hear it again,and again from time to time.I doubt we all live a "pink" lives....
To be short and simple:its a likable story.Its sometimes trivial with no twists and as little spice at the ending, with some fine remarks on attitude and petty-bourgeois mentality of people.The credit goes to A.Tomic's novel alone for a great template. I surely cannot be totally objective as Im disgusted with other croatian attempts in making a successful comedy...This one is a lemonade.Easy drinking and not so much impressing- but when you are estimating this movie, you should put it in context of previous attempts of comedy and farce in Croatia, and there, it exceeds all of its predecessors.All of that remarks about thin characterization and on occasions pompous directing are far too serious for such a superficial movie
I read the Anto Tomic's great novel that the movie is based on couple of years before the movie came out. I found the movie to be just as hilarious as the book. I've seen the movie a few times, and although of course there is always room for improvement especially considering the flow, it certainly satisfies the comedic requirement and has carried most of the ideas from the novel. I highly recommend it to all. The English-speaking audience, although a bit deprived of understanding the original Croatian language in the movie, will find the subtitles more than sufficient. At least all of my American friends who watched the movie found it to be a great comedy.
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