Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Do You Remember Dolly Bell (Sjecas li se Dolly Bell) - Emir Kusturica , 1984

Emir Kusturica's first film Do You Remember Dolly Bell? is a bittersweet comedy set in the former Yugoslavia during the 1960s. The film, which won the Golden Lion Prize at the 1981 Venice Film Festival, is both a coming of age story and a tribute to the city of Sarajevo, long before it was devastated by civil war. To the chagrin of his strict Communist father (Slobodan Aligrudic), sixteen-year old Dino (Slavo Stimac) is more into hypnosis and self-help mantras than Marxist ideology. He recites the phrase "Every day in every way I'm getting better and better" and sings in a new band mandated by the local Eastern European bureaucracy as they relax the Communist grip and allow some influence of Western culture.

Director  Emir Kusturica
    
Stars  Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic

Subtitles: English 

YouTube Link - Part 1 - https://youtu.be/qVHVx94JLvU

YouTube Link - Part 2 - https://youtu.be/XBE_9skFRmw

 

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