(Na putu)

drama

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia, 2010, 1h40, 35 mm

After losing his job because of a drinking problem, Amar turns to faith after running into an old friend and this puts his relationship with Luna to test...

SUMMARY: Flight attendant Luna is in a happy relationship with air traffic controller Amar. They would like to have a baby but Amar’s health issues present a problem. When he gets fired because of a drinking problem, Amar falls into depression. Luna tries to help him but has no luck. Amar runs into Bahrija, an old friend from the war, who has in the meantime become very religious. Although at first he resists Bahrija’s spiritual guidance, Amar experiences deep transformation after visiting the mosque...

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: Love is the basic chemical flow of this film, the flow that carries an intimate drama and development of characters and where social occurrences of a time period and a space clash. Told from a female perspective, the story explores the nature and the boundaries of love: to what extent is love conditioned by our traumas, to what extent is it immune to ideology, how much freedom does it involve, does it accept authorities (god)? I would like to take the viewer on the journey through taboo territories. I am aware that the film may be seen as political due to its subject-matter but my intention is that it be perceived as an emotional and metaphysical piece of work.

director and writer: JASMILA ZBANIC

producers: DAMIR IBRAHIMOVIC, KARL BAUMGARTNER, BRUNO WAGNER, BARBARA ALBERT, RAIMOND GOEBEL, LEON LUCEV

production companies: Deblokada (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Coop 99 (Austria), Pola Pandora Film (Germany), Produkcija Ziva (Croatia)

PRODUKCIJA ZIVA, Heinzelova 47, HR-1000 Zagreb

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cast: Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic, Marija Kohn, Nina Violic, Sebastian Cavazza, Jasna Ornela Bery, Izudin Bajrovic, Luna Mijovic

cinematography: CHRISTINE A. MAIER

editing: NIKI MOSSBÖCK

set design: LADA MAGLAJIC, AMIR VUK

costume design: LEJLA HODZIC

music: BRANO JAKUBOVIC

tone: Igor Camo

make-up: Halid Redzebasic