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Some Other Stories
Some Other Stories

Some Other Stories

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Drama

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The film is a high-concept project with five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. “Croatian Story” follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Serbian Story” finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer. “Bosnia-Herzegovina Story” centers on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son?s lover is pregnant. “Macedonian Story” unfolds in a clinic where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby, and “Slovenian Story” ends the omnibus on a humorous note with a nun who finds her own way to immaculate conception.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Serbian

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

18 July 2010

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cast

Nera Stipičević

Nera Stipičević

Sonja (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Goran Bogdan

Goran Bogdan

Marin (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Nataša Ninković

Nataša Ninković

Milena (segment "Srpska priča")

Sergej Trifunović

Sergej Trifunović

Đorđe (segment "Srpska priča")

Feđa Štukan

Feđa Štukan

Haris (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

Nina Violić

Nina Violić

Heder (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

Iva Zendelska

Iva Zendelska

Irena (segment "Makedonska prikazna")

Slaviša Kajevski

Slaviša Kajevski

Jane (segment "Makedonska prikazna")

Lucija Šerbedžija

Lucija Šerbedžija

Lena (segment "Slovenska zgodba")

Marko Mandić

Marko Mandić

Tamir (segment "Slovenska zgodba")

Mirela Brekalo

Mirela Brekalo

Antonija (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Kristina Krepela

Kristina Krepela

Gost na partiju 7 (segment "Hrvatska priča")

Jack Dimich

Jack Dimich

Doktor (segment "Srpska priča")

Emir Hadžihafizbegović

Emir Hadžihafizbegović

Otac (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

Boris Ler

Boris Ler

Dostavljač (segment "Bosanskohercegovačka priča")

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