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Life Is a Miracle [DVD]

Slavko Stimac , Natasa Solak , Emir Kusturica    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic
  • Directors: Emir Kusturica
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Serbo-Croatian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Artificial Eye
  • DVD Release Date: 22 Aug 2005
  • Run Time: 149 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009M9F4Q
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,402 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Off-beat romantic comedy from award winning director Emir Kusturica, set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s. Luka (Slavko Stimac) is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. When Luka's son is conscripted and then captured in the fighting, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation to recover his son. Love prevails even in the middle of a war however, as Luka finds himself slowly falling in love with the woman he is supposed to be guarding.


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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful 25 April 2006
By Belgo
Format:DVD
This is another wonderful film by Emir Kusturica. Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian civil war, it tells the story of Lukas, ethnic Serb, railway engineer, husband of the world's clumsiest opera-singer and father of the region's most talented football player. Being Kusturica, that's only the half of it, however. As the story of the war unfolds, and prisoners get taken on both sides, the film mixes Kusturica's trademark chaos and beauty with the destruction of war and the attraction of love. Simply oozing warmth, charm, and those ever present wandering ducks, Life is a Miracle is a simply wonderful film. If you've seen and loved Black Cat, White Cat, then you'll know exactly what to expect. Enchanting music, wacky characters, spontaneous sing-a-longs, more cats and dogs than you can shake a stick at, and - I kid you not - a suicidal, lovesick donkey. In the hands of any other director the result would be absolute nonsense. With Kusturica, it's what you sat down to watch the film for in the first place. Every shot is a work of art, so carefully and beautifully composed as to impress you at every turn. The actors are so bursting with energy and larger than life that it often has the feel of a magical fairytale. And while Kusturica never trivialises the war that offers the backdrop to the film, he does use it to great effect, finding wonderful humour in it as well as ample opportunities to show off just how incredibly beautiful his film-making can be. The only drawback is the length - at almost 2.5hrs long, it requires quite a lot of energy to watch it. That said, you can only begin to imagine how much energy must have been required to actually make it. The word "masterpiece" is frequently overused, but honestly - they really don't make 'em like this anymore, if they ever did. A wonderful, wonderful film.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars an underappeciated director 19 Nov 2006
Format:DVD
Kustrica is quite simply one of the most talented directors not just of our time, but period. But as his films aren't po faced dirges, and because he evoke a robust earthy manic joy of life, the modern day pundits dismiss him or dont give him his proper due. Its sympomatic of our times, that we are brainwashed to distrust anything that bursts with energy and glee. His films, full of people and assorted animals: they range from parents and children, lovers and crooks, dealmakers, automobile and trains, musicians, rouges, pigs that eath rusted cars and lovelorn donkeys that want to commit suicide. True, his 'everything in the pot' approach does not always work, but what other director takes such risks and leaves us in the end with such fellow-feeling? The villages that his films are set in, are like villages all over the world, in all their chaos and noise and mess.

Which other director depicts the unspoken but tender regard that parents and children have for each other. Where else can you see glorious music being played, and musicians given their due. Where else does a dog, a cat, a pig, a donkey , gesse and chickens get their own screen space (and not always on their good behaviour).

This film, set in the recent war, may be critisised for not depicting the true horrors that took place, but i'd think for ordinay humans caught up in it, this was pretty much what it may have felt like. With all the shelling and bombing, that they were just pawns trying to live within the chaos and make sense. You dont always need the hollywood heroics.

Kustrica deserves a large fan base.
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5.0 out of 5 stars life is a miracle dvd 2 May 2012
By hathor
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a little disappointed, the DVD is in Serbian and sibtitles only in Romanian. There is no English at all, on the cover when I have chose, a title was in English and what have been sent to me is in Serbian. it's not fair
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Great entertainment
A hilarious film on a tragic background. Emir Kusturica is a master of combining comedy and tragidy. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Robert Konstantinovitsch
4.0 out of 5 stars great entertainment
I like Kusturica films. This one is very likeable comedy set up in the time of bosnian civil war. Love for humanity and animals is at the forefront of comic situations which are... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dragan Radosevic
4.0 out of 5 stars Kusturica does what he does best
I remember watching Emir Kusturica's Black Cat White Cat and being completely blown away. It opened a magnificently exuberant world of colour, music and culture I had not... Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. Hodgson
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing film
I am not going to write about the plot or what happens in this film since you can read about on Wikipedia or the previous reviews. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ahmed A. Al Ajmi
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth watching, especially if you've been to Serbia or that region..
Bought this film on our return from Serbia where we went on the famous train and stayed at Kustonica. Read more
Published 23 months ago by D. Price
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite movies
A beautiful movie built on a negative mirrored image with love and war going hand in hand. A must see, it might be even more appreciated after something like 'Black Cat, White... Read more
Published on 1 May 2011 by superfrog
5.0 out of 5 stars A Kusturika film that everybody can understand!
Emir is a phenomenal director, and this movie is pretty much easy to understand and conncet with.
It is a happy movie, with great scene from animals acting roles! and funny!
Published on 28 July 2010 by mehdi2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great work from Kusturica
Firstly ignore the synopsis that Amazon give you as it refers to a totally different film! The other reviewers seem to have given a reasonable synposis so I'll just say if you... Read more
Published on 17 July 2010 by David Hampson
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