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Days and Hours

Kod amidze Idriza

| 2004, 96 min.

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Festival edition: 2005

Section: The Master's Touch

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Peace has finally come to Sarajevo. There is no sign of a house shot to smithereens or a foreign soldier. Everything looks peaceful in the home of the elderly couple Idriz and Sabira. One day, their nephew Fuke comes by to repair the boiler and have a chat. As the director says, this is “a film about a war with not a single image of it and not a single word about it.” A powerful, deeply human, psychological portrait of a city and its inhabitants, who have lived through hell, a story infused with dark humour. The director skilfully blends gentle farce with wry commentary on bleak situations, his point of view is unerringly, unrelentingly honest and revealing, always retaining a sense of irony and a remarkable ability to find comedy in tragedy.

Director(-s): Pjer Žalica

Born in Sarajevo in 1964. Graduated from the Academy of dramatic Arts in Sarajevo, the department of directing. Completed the course in film screenplay and film production at the "Groznjan" International Film School. His films were shown at the most significant world festivals. Recipient of European Film Academy Award.

Director's filmography

2004 Kod amidze idriza / Days and Hours
2003 Gori Vatra / Fuse
2000 Mostar sevdah reunion (dok.)
1998 Made in Sarajevo (segment "Kraj doba neprijatnosti", dok.)
The End of Unpleasant Times (kr.m.)
1995 Djeca kao i sva druga (dok.)
1994 MGM-Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum (dok.)
1993 Godot Sarajevo (dok.)
Skola Ratnih Vjestina (dok.)
1992 The Man Called Boat (dok.)
1991 Camac (dok.)

Cast & Crew

Producer: Ademir Kenovic

Cast: Senad Bašic, Mustafa Nadarevic, Semka Sokolovic, Emir Hadžihafizbegovic, Jasna Žalica

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