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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

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
125 mins
Director
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

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Serbia, UK, US coproduction

Pinball London (UK), BN Films (US)

Pinball London

110 Hawksley Road
London
N16 0TD

Sales Company

Wild Bunch (World sales excluding US)

Olivier Barbier
65 Rue de Dunkerque
75009 Paris
France

ICM Partners (US sales)

Peter Trinh
10250 Constellation Blvd, 9th Floor
Los Angeles
CA 90067
USA

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