the kids from the marx and engels street
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the kids from the marx and engels street is bloated with a baroque excess of plot, much of it illogical and unintentionally hilarious. as the two brothers bond over their father' s grave, they solemnly agree
he hated pussies, liars and cowards
, which has inescapable echoes of team america: world police. the horny - teen sex - comedy side story is also an oddly jarring inclusion, especially a sleazy and casually homophobic episode at a brothel .
breaking away from the rump of the former yugoslavia less than 20 years ago, montenegro is a pocket - sized nation with a total population roughly equivalent to that of nashville, tennessee. it barely even has a film industry at all, so we should at least applaud its chutzpah in boldly putting forward its second ever oscar submission in the best foreign language category. directed and co - written by nikola vukcevic, a theater veteran with one previous feature to his name, the kids from the marx and engels stree t is a highly uneven revenge thriller drenched in the heady perfume of hot - blooded balkan melodrama .
the academy will announce a list of eligible submissions in october 2014 and nine finalists from among the dozens of entries will be shortlisted in mid - january .
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apparently aspiring to be an allegory for montenegro' s short and turbulent history, the movie unfolds in three time periods, the earliest a flashback to 1992. after a proud basketball coach refuses to sabotage a game, he is punished with a fatal beating by henchmen working for his crooked boss potpara (emir hadzihafizbegovic), a crime which is unexpectedly witnessed by the coach' s teenage son stanko (momcilo otasevic). adding insult to injury, potparo then evicts stanko and his newly widowed, heavily pregnant mother (ana sofrenovic) from the family apartment that came with her late husband' s job. their new home is a cramped rooftop shack in a crumbling social housing block on marx and engels street, hence the movie' s title .
everyone thinks stanko is living the idyllic life of a musician in london. his little brother vojo believes he’s a hero. but what vojo doesn’t know is that fifteen years ago, stanko fled montenegro after a failed attempt to kill the man who murdered their father. a chance glimpse of his nemesis on tv is all it takes to drive stanko onto the first flight back to podgorica, hell - bent on finishing what he started. meanwhile, vojo’s biggest problem is being peer - pressured into having sex with his girlfriend. knowing he isn’t remotely prepared, vojo turns to his brother for help. stanko decides to postpone his revenge – but a sordid trip into the underbelly of podgorica soon brings him face to face with the friends and promises he betrayed on that fateful night, fifteen years ago. momčilo otašević delivers an understated but affecting performance as stanko, a man torn between his dreams, his desire to be a good brother, and his obsession with vengeance. steeped in the miasma of the yugoslav war, ‘the kids from marx and engels street’ spins a tense, melancholy, and yet startlingly hopeful tale of revenge and brotherhood .
everyone thinks stanko is living the idyllic life of a musician in london. his little brother vojo believes he' s a hero. but what vojo doesn' t know is that fifteen years ago, stanko fled montenegro after a failed attempt to kill the man who murdered their father. a chance glimpse of his nemesis on tv is all it takes to drive stanko onto the first flight back to podgorica, hell - bent on finishing what he started. meanwhile, vojo' s biggest problem is being peer - pressured into having sex with his girlfriend. knowing he isn' t remotely prepared, vojo turns to his brother for help. stanko decides to postpone his revenge - but a sordid trip into the underbelly of podgorica soon brings him face to face with the friends and promises he betrayed on that fateful night, fifteen years ago. momčilo otašević delivers an understated but affecting performance as stanko, a man torn between his dreams, his desire to be a good brother, and his obsession with vengeance. steeped in the miasma of the yugoslav war,' the kids from marx and engels street' spins a tense, melancholy, and yet startlingly hopeful tale of revenge and brotherhood .
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' s glossy cinematography and majestic aerial footage of podgorica. but the dramatic tone is haywire, the dialogue often risible and the characters crudely sketched ciphers, from implausibly innocent heroes to monstrous cartoon villains. perhaps the most charitable conclusion is that balkan audiences will appreciate the movie' s local references and overcooked intensity, but oscar short - list compilers are less likely to be swayed by its soapy charms .
on the other side of town, will vojo and his girlfriend find their needs. .? …and what is the price of being filled with satisfaction ?
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additionally ,
the tribe
had won the critic' s week sidebar at the cannes film festival while
the guide
had barely screened internationally .
vukcevic received a bachelor of arts in film and theatre directing from the academy of arts novi sad, yugoslavia, studying under supervision of internationally acclaimed film and theatre director vlatko gilic (films on cannes film festival – 1973, 1977, 1980; berlin, oberhauzen, moscow, new york …), as student of generation 1998 from drama section. vukcevic has been included in category of the best university students in novi sad. in june 2001 he received a master degree of arts in drama. his thesis was awarded and published as a book “i influence of film on theatre of new forms” .
this year ,
cantinflas
seems like the obvious choice since the film tells the story of mexico' s most famous actor. the movie was also released in the u. s to great results at the box office. however, it is unlikely to play with the academy. the movie scored terrible reviews with critics complaining about its formulaic script .
portugal has submitted 30 times in the past few years and thus far has never be nominated. although the country has always had big festival films, it has also never made the top nine .
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film obtained the second place award by the ministry of culture of montenegro' s program for cinema 2010. however, it was not an international hit and has not obtained the exposure most oscar winners have .
meanwhile, mauritania submitted an entry for the first time with the cannes hit
timbuktu .
this is the third country to surprise with its submission. previously ukraine surprised, submitting
the guide
over the critically - acclaimed movie
the tribe .
the country' s miroslav slaboshpitsky said his film ,
the tribe
, better represented national cinematography than what was nominated, oles sanin' s
the guide .
mexico has surprised by submitting the biopic
cantinflas .
the submission comes a year after mexico opted to submit the art house film
heli
over the popular
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first time, and his 16 - years brother (vojo) is going to make love for the first time .
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one night, two brothers and two events that will change their lives forever: stanko is going to kill for the first time while his brother vojo plans on sleeping with a woman for the very first time. the actual reason 30 - year - old stanko returned to montenegro was to take revenge on his father’s murderer. but upon arriving in his home country he has yet to discover that nothing’s the way it used to be. not only his town has changed but so have the people around him. his 16 - year - old brother vojo is one of them. he is all grown up and faces a big challenge in his life – his first time. both men insecurely find themselves in seeking satisfaction and self - fulfilment and neither of them seems to be ready and prepared for their self - imposed task – be it murder or intercourse. as it turns out, external circumstances make the achievement of their goals and the accomplishment of their wishes and yearnings utterly impossible. the secret star of the film, ensconced between revenge thriller and melodrama, is actually podgorica. after more than 20 years the town throws off the chains of a communistic past and by and by turns into a vivid metropolis full of urban legends. a remarkable coming of age story that does not only centre on the simultaneous growing up of whole generation but also of an entire city .
slaboshpitsky also claimed that three members of
the guide' s
production team were involved in a decision that was shrouded in mystery and made by too few members of the committee .
stanko (30) has to kill a man, for the first time. the same day, his younger brother vojo (16) has to have sex for the first time. roads of the two brothers will cross the same day several times, in an unusual way
official submission of montenegro to the best foreign language film category of the 87th academy awards 2015. see more »
bulgaria also had a similar reaction after the country submitted
bulgarian rhapsody
over festival hits
viktoria
and
bota .
story about youth of two brothers: in the same night – older brother, stanko (30), is going to kill a man for a first time – and his 16 - years brother vojo is going to make love for the first time. many things between two brothers will cross them on that important night, and – will review the meanings of terms: family, trust, youth, loyalty and priority. what seems to be easy – it is not at all at balkans … and what is the price of being filled with satisfaction ?
story about youth of two brothers: in the same night - older brother, stanko (30), is going to kill a man for a first time – and his 16 - years brother vojo is going to make love for the first time. many things between two brothers will cross them on that important night, and - will review the meanings of terms: family, trust, youth, loyalty and priority. what seems to be easy – it is not at all at balkans... and what is the price of being filled with satisfaction ?
meanwhile, two other countries also submitted. portugal chose the documentary
what now? remind me .
the documentary by joaquim pinto was a critical success that played at the new york film festival, locarno film festival and was released in august by cinema guild .
story about two brothers: in the same night - older brother, stanko (30), is going to kill a man for the first time - and his 16 - years brother vojo is going to make love for the first time. what seems to be easy is not at all, in the balkans. written by anonymous
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that same night, stanko and his father’s murderer finally meet. will stanko find his revenge… ?
he graduated as stage and film director, independent producer since 1995, member of film board of montenegrin academy of sciences and arts (canu), and professor at national faculty of dramatic arts – cetinje. also, he was artistic director at city theatre podgorica, 2004 - 2010 .
heli
was an incredibly controversial film at the festival circuit, but won the cannes best director award. meanwhile ,
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was a global phenomenon which was beloved by international and mexican audiences. the mexican academy was thus under scrutiny since both films were received with mixed reactions by critics .
vukcevic worked as the director / author in around 80 projects, including his debute feature film (a view from the eiffel tower, presented at around 30 international festivals), ten theatre performances, (performed and awarded at a number of important festivals, i. e. budva theatre city, infant, exit, tiba, etc .) he also directed four short films, 25 half - an - hour documentaries for montenegrin broadcasting service tv cg, as well as numerous music videos, commercials, tv clips .
a thirteen - year old boy stanko witnesses his father, a basketball coach, being beaten up after an important game (1991). the father soon dies of injuries sustained. the club management forces stanko and his heavily pregnant mother to move out of the family apartment. stanko recognises one of the club managers as his father’s murderer and swears that one day he will have his revenge. five years later (1993), stanko is the frontman of a popular montenegrin band with a hit single. stanko’s younger brother vojo, born after their father’s death, adores his elder brother. few day before stanko turns eighteen his mother finds a gun hidden in his belongings. for fear that he may commit a crime she reports him to the police, who arrest him. his father’s murderer, now an influential politician, threatens stanko with prison, or army (these were war years in former yugoslavia) – offers a “painless” solution: stanko is to leave the country. stanko consents and leaves. eleven years later we find stanko in a famous london music studio, making a record with famous musicians. during the break, in the studio, he watches the finale of european waterpolo championship (2008) in spain on tv. montenegro wins. while he celebrates, among the officials celebrating montenegrin victory on tv, he recognises his father’s murderer. this reminds him of the unfulfilled pledge. without an explanation, stanko leaves the studio and heads back to montenegro to complete his wow. but once he lands, he finds that nothing is the same as he left it, the town, or people .
mexico is known for submitting art house films that are beloved by critics and festival hits. these have included
pan' s labyrinth ,
miss bala ,
after lucia
and
biuitful .
the foreign film competition for the 2015 oscars has become even more competitive over the past week as more countries have submitted, with mexico delivering a stunning decision by offering a biopic on one of its most iconic actors for academy award consideration .
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of the countries that have already submitted, turkey' s
winter sleep ,
chile' s
to kill a man ,
and germany' s
beloved sisters
are some of the top contenders .
hungary' s
white god ,
poland' s
ida
and norway' s
1001 grams
are also films that have a lot of buzz .
story about two brothers: in the same night, older brother (30), is going to kill a man for a first time, and his younger (16) brother is going to make love for the first time. what seems to... see more »
story about two brothers: in the same night, older brother (30), is going to kill a man for a first time, and his younger (16) brother is going to make love for the first time. what seems to be easy – it is not at all at balkans .
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two years later, stanko is still nursing a grudge, but has blossomed into a local guitar hero in a hot young rock trio. but on the night of a career - making show at the city' s sports arena, he goes missing with a illegally acquired gun, intent on revenge against potparo. his assassination bid is thwarted, and potparo offers stanko a stark ultimatum: leave the country immediately or go to jail. or even, worse still, face forced conscription into the ongoing balkan wars .
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there are still a number of countries that have yet to submit, including argentina, belgium, israel, italy, denmark and spain, among others .
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his younger brother vojo (16) is excited to see him. stanko finds that vojo has a few problems he can’t fix himself so stanko tries to help him, postponing the revenge. stanko emerges to his brother as a man very different to what he imagined, with dark past, and whose actions caused problems for many .
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fast forward to 2009. now played by goran bogdan, stanko is a musician living in london. but his dormant blood feud is belatedly reawakened after he catches tv footage of potparo, now a high - ranking sports official in newly independent montenegro, celebrating a crucial victory by the national water polo team. vowing to finally settle old scores, stanko flies back to his long - lost homeland. this also reconnects him to his 16 - year - old brother vojo (filip djuretic) just in time to help him lose his virginity. strangely, vojo hero - worships stanko, even though he has ignored his family for 15 years. just for reference, podgorica is a cheap three - hour flight away from london .
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after obtaining eight nominations, mexico is unlikely to get a nomination this upcoming year .
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1. montenegro int. film festival (balkan & mediterranean region): awards for - best director, best camera (sept. 2014 )
2. serbian actors film festival, nish, serbia (sept. 2014), award for - best foreign actress
15. dublin, ireland - fingal int. film festival - oct. 2015, - best feature film award
16. india, ffsi international film fest. : kolkata, mumbai, delhi, bengalur - august - december 2015, federation of film societies of india
19. cairo international film festival, egypt, november. 2015 (selected already )
20. cottbus international film festival, germany, november. 2015 (selected already )
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nikola vukčević, professor of film directing, at montenegrin national faculty of dramatic arts – cetinje, is a montenegrin film director, born in 1974, in titograd (socialist republic montenegro), in yugoslavia .
oddly, stanko' s mother appears not to age at all in 17 years, which means she ends up looking younger than her own son. equally bizarre is how everyone in podgorica, including all of stanko' s former childhood friends, seems to have grown up to become prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers or pedophiles. vukcevic' s film is unlikely to boost montenegro' s tourist business .
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the kids from the marx and engels street ( serbo-croatian : dječaci iz ulice marksa i engelsa ) is a 2014 montenegrin drama film directed by nikola vukčević . it was selected as the montenegrin entry for the best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards , but was not nominated . 
the kids from the marx and engels street (serbo-croatian: dječaci iz ulice marksa i engelsa) is a 2014 montenegrin drama film directed by nikola vukčević. it was selected as the montenegrin entry for the best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards, but was not nominated.
the kids from the marx and engels street (serbo-croatian: dječaci iz ulice marksa i engelsa) is a 2014 montenegrin drama film directed by nikola vukčević. it was selected as the montenegrin entry for the best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards, but was not nominated.