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ŽIVI I ZDRAVI

FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

Ivan Marinović
ME, RS, CZ, HR, MK, SI, 2023, 100 Min

On the day before his wedding, the whiny Momo is turned down by Dragana, his wife-to-be. But according to patriarch father Lebos, “what must be done must be done”, so the wedding and party take place. The deal: Dragana can do whatever she wants afterwards. Romantic tragicomedy about self-pitying sons, fathers in love with tradition and women who defy their clichés.

#feature #comedy #family

Performance

2024-11-07 | 13:00
Obenkino
2024-11-10 | 18:30
Glad-House

At the beginning of the film, Leso, the silent and determined patriarch of the family, turns an underwater mine caught in the blue waters of the Adriatic into a box of explosives — after all, what's a Montenegrin wedding without shooting? He doesn't yet realize that the entire celebration party will turn into a psychological powder keg due to the bride's late word of no. There will be lots of fun: rakija pouring in torrents, solemn speeches are swung and blasphemously dissected in intimate conversations, the bride in waiting in a lush white dress for her grand entrance, drunken dancing and pistol shots of joy (sometimes off-target and not always with the required precision). But then family resentments surface, a dubious deal that was made will be revealed, and the centuries-old traditions themselves will be questioned — it seems the parents need them more than their children. Ivan Marinović's clever film, which maintains the right balance between drama and comedy, between social satire and raunchy humor throughout its whole screen time, can also be seen as a disaster movie. Because this Titanic-like wedding will sink under the weight of unfulfilled expectations and stubbornly demanded outdated customs on the one hand and a passionate desire for the momentum for change and the path away from “business as usual” on the other.

Text: Ksenia Reutova

07.11.2024 | 13:00 | Obenkino (original version with English subtitles)

10.11.2024 | 18:30 | Glad-House (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

Drehbuch
Ivan Marinović
Kamera
Dominik Istenič
Ton
Jiří Klenka
Schnitt
Michal Reich
Ausstattung
Dragana Baćović
Musik
Toni Kitanovski
Darsteller
Tihana Lazović, Goran Slavić, Momčilo Pićurić, Goran Bogdan, Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov, Dragana Dabović, Nikola Ristanovski, Mirjana Joković, Dejan Đonović
Produzent
Marija Stojanović, Ivan Marinović
Ivan Marinović

Ivan Marinović - Montenegrin director,screenwriter and producer.

Ivan was born in 1984 in Kotor, Montenegro. He graduated industrial design at Politecnico di Milano in 2007 and received an MgA in film directing at FAMU Prague in 2011. His feature debut "The Black Pin'' premiered in Official Competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2016, and was the Montenegrin Oscar candidate for the 86th Academy Awards. He is a member of the European Film Academy, and was a two term president of the Montenegrin Association of Film Directors and Producers. "Forever Hold Your Peace" is his second feature film as a writer/director.

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