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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Serbian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Serbian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Serbian director Uros Stajanovic's gender-themed period allegory TEARS FOR SALE unfolds in Pokrp - a rural village in the 1920s-era Balkans - where nearly the entire male population (save one individual) has been decimated by the ravages of war. This leaves untold number of love-starved female residents craving male companionship; when sisters Ognjenka and Boginja accidentally kill off the last male, execution by the other female members of the village is a near certainty. The siblings receive a second chance, however, in the form of an ultimatum: they must set out on a quest to retrieve one virile male and bring him back to the village. If they can succeed in this task, their lives will be spared. Thus, the women embark on a journey into the surrounding country; en route they happen upon such discoveries as the lusty and lascivious Dance Hall King of Belgrade and an impossibly vain muscleman. ...Tears for Sale ( Carlston za Ognjenku ) ( Lzy na sprzedaz )
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I have already seen the film in original in Belgrade and apparently 20 minutes of film is been cut out!!!!!!? And in my opinion maybe one of the most beautiful scenes in whole film with with their grandma' ....Im not going to say anything else but it seems like they cut the heart of the film, so it looks quite average....
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent multi layered film one can easily watch several times and always another side of it. It's quite rare to see a successful combination of a moving emotional core and a healthy dose of humor.
The international theatrical release version actually gained on dynamics compared to Serbian release which had a sideline story that worked well for people who prefer long, extended story line. Almost like director still wasn't sure which way to go. So this version actually benefited from a bit of the time distance needed to do the second edit and make the film more coherent and dynamic.
The international theatrical release version actually gained on dynamics compared to Serbian release which had a sideline story that worked well for people who prefer long, extended story line. Almost like director still wasn't sure which way to go. So this version actually benefited from a bit of the time distance needed to do the second edit and make the film more coherent and dynamic.
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(3.5 STARS) Visually Stunning Serbian Comedy Fantasy
15 Feb 2011
"Tears for Sale" (also known as "Charleston & Vendetta") is a 2008 Serbian film directed by Uros Stojanovic. The dark fantasy comedy certainly reminds us of several European directors (visuals of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and dark humors of Terry Gilliam), but "Tears for Sale," opting for pathos over sweetness, is less like a Serbian "Amélie" as some may say, than "Delicatessen."
Set in a post-WWI mountain village, the story follows the twenty-something sisters Ognjenka (Sonja Kolacaric) and Mala (Katarina Radivojevic). Because of the recent war there is only one male in the remote village, whom the sisters accidentally kill. Ognjenka and Mala must travel in the surrounding countries (where males are scarce) and return with a male within three days to their now all-female village. Then the sisters encounter a couple of nice guys - the timid "Man of Steel" (Nenad Jezdic) and the lady's man "Charleston King" (Stefan Kapicic) - men who know the life in the city Ognjenka and Mala long for.
The strength of the folklore-like film lies in its stunningly beautiful cinematography, helped by the emotional score by the composer Shigeru Umebayashi ("A Single Man"), though obviously the first-time director Uros Stojanovic has many things to say in the apparently incoherent narrative, which may or may not be "poking fun at various Serbian national myths and symbols," as Alissa Simon of "Variety" says. Clearly the narrative is meant for allegory, but in what way this reviewer is not sure. Yes, the women's life in the village is filled with death-related metaphors - landmines, tombstones, and "tears for sale," which is the sisters' occupation, by the way - but the uneven narrative, arbitrary directions and underdeveloped characters only undermine what could have been more thought-provoking materials.
EuropaCorp has the film's international distribution rights (hence "Luc Besson presents"). It seems the international version is shorter than the original cut. (Wikipedia says its running time is 95 minutes while IMDb says its 86 minutes.) My review is based on the 86-minute EuropaCorp version.
Set in a post-WWI mountain village, the story follows the twenty-something sisters Ognjenka (Sonja Kolacaric) and Mala (Katarina Radivojevic). Because of the recent war there is only one male in the remote village, whom the sisters accidentally kill. Ognjenka and Mala must travel in the surrounding countries (where males are scarce) and return with a male within three days to their now all-female village. Then the sisters encounter a couple of nice guys - the timid "Man of Steel" (Nenad Jezdic) and the lady's man "Charleston King" (Stefan Kapicic) - men who know the life in the city Ognjenka and Mala long for.
The strength of the folklore-like film lies in its stunningly beautiful cinematography, helped by the emotional score by the composer Shigeru Umebayashi ("A Single Man"), though obviously the first-time director Uros Stojanovic has many things to say in the apparently incoherent narrative, which may or may not be "poking fun at various Serbian national myths and symbols," as Alissa Simon of "Variety" says. Clearly the narrative is meant for allegory, but in what way this reviewer is not sure. Yes, the women's life in the village is filled with death-related metaphors - landmines, tombstones, and "tears for sale," which is the sisters' occupation, by the way - but the uneven narrative, arbitrary directions and underdeveloped characters only undermine what could have been more thought-provoking materials.
EuropaCorp has the film's international distribution rights (hence "Luc Besson presents"). It seems the international version is shorter than the original cut. (Wikipedia says its running time is 95 minutes while IMDb says its 86 minutes.) My review is based on the 86-minute EuropaCorp version.
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