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Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic, Aleksandar Bercek ... see more see more... , Stribor Kusturica , Nikola Kojo , Mirjana Karanovic , Brainislave Lalevic , Davor Janjic , Adnan Omerovic , Obrad Durovic

The tragedy of the war in Bosnia makes way for the humor and compassion of people living their lives under difficult circumstances in this comedy drama from filmmaker Emir Kusturica. In 1992, war is b... read more read more...rewing in Bosnia, but the city fathers in the town of Golobuci are going ahead with their plans of building a railroad line they hope will bring more visitors into the city. Luka (Slavko Stimac), who is in charge of the construction project, lives with his wife, Jadranka (Vesna Trivalic), a former musician who is suffering from manic depression, and his son, Milos (Vuk Kostic), a talented soccer player who dreams of turning pro some day. After Jadranka has an especially severe episode, Luka takes her to the hospital, where he meets Sabaha (Natasa Solak), a Moslem nurse who quickly develops a nonprofessional interest in Luka. As the clouds of war appear on the horizon, Milos is drafted into the army and Jadranka runs away, and after Sabaha is left with no place to go, she's sent to Luka's place by his friend Aleksic (Stribor Kusturica), where she quickly takes over as both housekeeper and bedmate to Luka. Zivot Je Cudo (aka Life Is a Miracle) was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Emir Kusturica

Release Date: May 14, 2004

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  • panta2
    December 8, 2009
    panta2
    The shooting of "Život je čudo" lasted thirteen months, from March 2002 to April 2003, without any real pause. Kusturica gave his best even under very unfavourable weather conditions and he had constant rewriting of the scenario...

    A long version of the film was broadcast... read more on Serbian television in January 2006 (in 6 episodes of 50 minutes).

    It is not the best Kusturica's movie but it is a realy plausible mix of comedy, romance and tragedy... not many people can follow the complexity of the events which were chaotic during the Yugoslav war and this movie can sometimes come to the edge...

    ■National Education Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, 2004
    ■Audience award at the Melbourne Film Festival, 2004
    ■César of the Best film of the European Union, 2005
    ■Golden Globe of the Best European Film, 2005
    ■Best Balkan film at the Sofia film festival, 2005

    These are just some of the prizes this film won... Well, after watching it I'll say: they were right!

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Enrique Buchichio
May 23, 2006
Enrique Buchichio, Uruguay Total

Kusturica se repite a sí mismo y entrega una alocada comedia sobre el amor, la locura y la guerra. Full Review

Rich Cline
February 7, 2005
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

A superb story is drowned out by Kusturica's zany and chaotic style Full Review

Rich Cline
February 7, 2005
Rich Cline, Film Threat

A superb story is drowned out by Kusturica's zany and chaotic style Full Review

Boyd van Hoeij
July 30, 2004
Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net

Kusturica's warm characters inhabit a world that is both absurd and at the same time strangely akin to our own. Full Review

Leslie Felperin
March 26, 2009
Leslie Felperin, Variety

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Kirk Honeycutt
August 7, 2004
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

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April 1, 2006
Empire Magazine

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Anton Bitel
March 5, 2005
Anton Bitel, Movie Gazette

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June 24, 2006
Time Out

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Kevin N. Laforest
April 14, 2005
Kevin N. Laforest, Montreal Film Journal

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