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DVD ~ Slavko Stimac
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  • Actors: Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic
  • Directors: Emir Kusturica
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language 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: 154 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009M9F4Q
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,518 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A tragic yet heartwarming drama, LIFE IS A MIRACLE, is the tale of a young, passionate social worker named Tracy who works with terminally ill patients. In a cruel twist of fate, Tracy herself is diagnosed with cancer and given very little time left to live. Undaunted, Tracy vows to keep the spirits of her patients up, though she is suffering just as much as they are. However, Tracy is heartbroken knowing that she will leave her loving husband alone in the world, so she arranges a miracle for him before she dies.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful, 25 April 2006
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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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars an underappeciated director, 19 Nov 2006
By G. V. Cherian "gv_cherian" (U.K.) - See all my reviews
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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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1.0 out of 5 stars when you've seen one Kusturica film, you've seen them all, 12 Jan 2009
By Michael Lavocah (Norwich, England) - See all my reviews
Emir Kusturica's films reflect the chaos of the balkans perfectly. In this film, the plot seems even more incidental to the events than in most of his work. If you like slapstick, then you might like this. Time will tell, but I was simply bored - a bit like watching a Balkan "It's a Knockout".
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