KARAULA [THE BORDER POST]

SUNDAY 8TH OCTOBER AT 12AM

Country UK/Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Rep.of
Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia RT 94 mins Format 35mm Director Rajko Grlic Screenplay Rajko Grlic, Ante Tomic Producers Vladimir Anastasov, Ismet Begtosevic, Zoran Cvijanovic DoP Slobodan Trninic Cast Toni Gojanovic,Sergej Trifunovic, Emir Hadzihafisbegovic PS Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH Email Hannah@fame.uk.com

This is the first film since Yugoslavia's break-up to be co-produced by
all its former republics (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia). A tragi-comedy set circa 1987 the film centres on a Yugoslav army unit guarding a border post in 1987 on the Albanian-Macedonian frontier. The men- new recruits, Siriscevic (Toni Gojanovic), a med student from Croatia and his Serbian buddy, Paunovic (Sergej Trifunovic) spend their days with not much to do until Captain Pasic (Emir Hadzihafizbegovic), their good natured alcoholic commanding officer, discovers he has caught syphilis from a prostitute. To buy time until he is cured and can go home to his wife, he invents an imaginary threat from Albania and orders his unit to prepare for an attack. The med skills of good looking Siriscevic are used to administer both a fast- track cure for the Captain and somewhat stupidly, some errand running to the wife.
With a witty script, detailed characterization and some notable performances from some of the best actors from the former Yugoslavia this is classic filmmaking at its best. SB

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