Project Detail
On the Milky Road
Synopsis
Developed from Emir Kusturica’s short film 'Our Life', this film is an epic three-part story, with Kusturica in the central role of Kosta. In the first section, he plays a quixotic figure, riding a donkey and delivering milk across military lines during a civil war. In the second, he meets a beautiful Italian-Serbian (Monica Bellucci), embarking on a passionate, forbidden and ultimately tragic love affair. In the final section, he is a monk collecting rocks as part of a Sisyphean task. Channeling magical realism, the film combines folk elements and animal imagery with the mechanical brutality of modern warfare. (LFF brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Dare Strand
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Dare Strand
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 125 mins
- Director
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Emir Kusturica
- Producer
- Paula Vaccaro, Alex Garcia, Lucas Akoskin, Emir Kusturica
- Editor
- Svetolik Zajc
- Screenwriter
- Emir Kusturica
- Director of Photography
- Martin Sec, Goran Volarevic
- Production Designer
- Goran Joksimovic
- Composer
- Stribor Kusturica
- Principal cast
- Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, Sloboda Mialovi
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Serbia, UK, US coproduction
Pinball London (UK), BN Films (US)
Pinball London
110 Hawksley RoadLondon
N16 0TD
Sales Company
Wild Bunch (World sales excluding US)
Olivier Barbier65 Rue de Dunkerque
75009 Paris
France
ICM Partners (US sales)
Peter Trinh10250 Constellation Blvd, 9th Floor
Los Angeles
CA 90067
USA
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