The shooting of "?ivot 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 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!
December 8, 2009
