BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, GERMANY, UK, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO, SLOVENIA
IT'S HARD TO BE NICE
2008 – 35mm – colore - 102’
Direction: Srdjan Vuletić
Screenplay: Srdjan Vuletić
Cinematography: Slobodan Trninić
Editing: Almir Kenović, Andrija Zafranović
Music: Srdjan Kurpjel, Saša Lošić
Costumes: Azra Mehic
Sound: Nenad Vukadinovic
Cast: Sasa Petrovic, Senad Basic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Daria Lorenci, Jasna Zalica, Aleksandar Seksan
Producer: Ademir Kenović
Production: Refresh Production (BA) Clubdeal Ltd, Riva Filmproduktion
Cooproduzione Co-Production: Zdf - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel / Arte, Yodi Movie Craftsman, Studio Arkadena, Radio Televizija Bosne I Hercegovine, Ftv, Rtrs
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SYNOPSIS
40-year-old Fudo is a taxi driver from Sarajevo. Aside from that, he collaborates with the local underworld, giving robbers tips on houses whose owners are away on holiday. Because of his wife and – most importantly – his small son he decides to ditch the latter activity. Shaking free of one’s own past is not easy, however. He starts with a new car, and to buy it he borrows money from a colleague – who nonetheless wants a favour in return. What’s more, Fudo’s first passenger in his “new” life is a pregnant woman he takes to the hospital where he is assumed to be the child’s father. Fudo however is not about to compromise his resolution, and he continues to try to be a better person.
THE DIRECTOR: SRDJAN VULETIĆ
Srdjan Vuletic studied at the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo, where he directed four plays as well as began making short student films. In 1992, he joined a hospital crew as a medical technician, an experience that was later to inspire the acclaimed documentary I Burnt Legs (1993, winner of a Felix, the highest European film award, in 1994). As a member of SaGA (Sarajevo Group of Authors), he directed several documentaries, and later created a travelogue television program about Bosnian cities with screenwriter Abdulah Sidran. His first feature film, Summer In The Golden Valley, made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, and won numerous honors such as the VPro Tiger Award and Moviezone Award at Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2005, he was named Filmmaker of the Year by the Filmworkers Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is currently a faculty member of the film directing program at the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo.
FILMOGRAPHY
1991 Himmel über Sarajevo (short)
1993 I Burnt Legs (documentary)
1998 How pjer zalica blew up (short)
1998 A Trip To The Moon (short)
1999 Hop, Skip & Jump (short)
2003 Summer In The Golden Valley
2007 It’s Hard To Be Nice
AWARDS
2008 Sarajevo Film Festival: Heart of Sarajevo as Best Actor to Sasa Petrovic
2008 Miami Film Festival: Special Mention Dramatic Features - World Cinema Competition per Srdjan Vuletic
