Montevideo, God Bless You!
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Montevideo, God Bless You! is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić about the events leading to the participation of the Yugoslavia national football team
at the first FIFA World Cup
in Montevideo
, Uruguay
in July 1930. The film has gained considerable media attention throughout 2010 and is achieving significant box office success in Serbia since its release on December 21, 2010. As of February 18th 2011, more than 500,000 people watched the film in Serbia and Montenegro.
The story is loosely based on the novel Montevideo, Bog te video by the prominent Serbian sports journalist Vladimir Stanković. He drew inspiration to write a romanticized depiction of the late 1920s Serbia and the events that popularized the game of football in the country after having watched the American film The Game of Their Lives.
The film was awarded the 'Audience Choice Award' for best film in the main competition program at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival
. It has also become Serbia's nomination to join the foreign language Academy Award race for 2012.
football players, their lives, friendships, romances and troubles that arise before their eventual assembly into the national team and departure for the far-away Uruguay
. This historical melodrama gives a unique and somewhat nostalgic view of post-Great War
Belgrade while resurrecting a distinctive era which underlines the main values and virtues of the time.
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
at the first FIFA World Cup
1930 FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...
in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
in July 1930. The film has gained considerable media attention throughout 2010 and is achieving significant box office success in Serbia since its release on December 21, 2010. As of February 18th 2011, more than 500,000 people watched the film in Serbia and Montenegro.
The story is loosely based on the novel Montevideo, Bog te video by the prominent Serbian sports journalist Vladimir Stanković. He drew inspiration to write a romanticized depiction of the late 1920s Serbia and the events that popularized the game of football in the country after having watched the American film The Game of Their Lives.
The film was awarded the 'Audience Choice Award' for best film in the main competition program at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
. It has also become Serbia's nomination to join the foreign language Academy Award race for 2012.
Plot
The plot, inspired by real life events that took place in the late 1920s, tells a story about a group of BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
football players, their lives, friendships, romances and troubles that arise before their eventual assembly into the national team and departure for the far-away Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. This historical melodrama gives a unique and somewhat nostalgic view of post-Great War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Belgrade while resurrecting a distinctive era which underlines the main values and virtues of the time.
Cast
- Miloš BikovićMiloš BikovićMiloš Biković is a Serbian actor. He is the best known for his performances in the television series White Ship and The Storks Will Return, and his portrayal of Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić in film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić.- Personal life :Biković has...
as Aleksandar "Tirke" TirnanićAleksandar TirnanicAleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić was a Serbian football player and manager.... - Petar Strugar as Blagoje "Moša" MarjanovićBlagoje MarjanovicBlagoje "Moša" Marjanović was a Serbian football forward who played for Yugoslavia at FIFA World Cup 1930. He scored one goal in that tournament in the game versus Bolivia . During the tournament his club was BSK....
- Nina Janković as Valerija, an eccentric Belgrade artist and painter, who hangs out among Belgrade's elite.
- Danina JeftićDanina JeftićDanina Jeftić is a Serbian actress and former handball player. She came to national media attention with 2010 film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić....
as Rosa, Tirke's love interest, who works at her uncle Rajko's tavern. - Mima Karadžić as Rajko, owner of the local tavern.
- Branimir BrstinaBranimir BrstinaBranimir Brstina is a Serbian actor.-External links:...
as Bogdan Brica - Vojin ĆetkovićVojin CetkovicVojin Ćetković is a Serbian actor.-Filmography:*Raj *Simpatija i antipatija - Dimitrije*Tango je tužna misao koja se pleše *Dosije 128 - Miroslav Bojić, slikar...
as Mihajlo "Andrejka" Andrejević - Nebojša Ilić as Boško "Dunster" SimonovićBoško SimonovićBoško Simonović was a Serbian football coach, player, referee, and administrator...
, who becomes the national team's coach later in the film. - Nikola ÐuričkoNikola ÐurickoNikola Ðuričko is a Serbian actor.Equally active on film, television, and in theater, Ðuričko graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. His first notable film was in 1989, in a movie Poslednji krug u Monci.-Personal life:On June 7, 2004, Ðuričko got married to Ljiljana...
as Živković - Sergej TrifunovićSergej TrifunovicSergej Trifunović is a popular Bosnian Serb movie actor.-Biography:...
as Načelnik Komatina - Viktor Savić as Milutin "Milutinac" IvkovićMilutin IvkovicDr.Milutin Ivković was a Serbian football defender who played for Yugoslavia at 1928 Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup 1930...
, - Predrag Vasić as Little Stanoje, a shoeshine boy, he considers himself as Tirke's best friend, and he lives under poor conditions and has a leg deformity.
- Srđan Todorović as Bora Jovanović
- Boda NinkovićSlobodan NinkovicSlobodan "Boda" Ninković is a Serbian actor. His credits include roles in the films Ulysses' Gaze, The Crusaders , We Are Not Angels and TV series Bolji život and Otvorena vrata. He was the presenter of Beovizija 2007.-References:...
as Kustodić - Marko Živić as Isak
- Aleksandar Radojčić as Milorad "Balerina" ArsenijevićMilorad ArsenijevicMilorad Arsenijević was a Serbian football player and manager.He was born in Smederevo and earned 52 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Later he was the manager of Yugoslavia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup....
- Uroš Jovicić as Đorđe "Ðokica Nosonja" VujadinovićĐorđe VujadinovićĐorđe "Đokica" Vujadinović was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
- Bojan Krivokapić as Momčilo "Gusar" ĐokićMomčilo ĐokićMomčilo Đokić was a Serbian football player and manager.-Career:...
- Andrija Kuzmanović as Milovan "Jakša" JakšićMilovan JakšićMilovan Jakšić was a Serbian football goalkeeper....
- Nenad Heraković as Dragoslav "Vampir" MihajlovićDragoslav MihajlovićDragoslav „Dragan“ Mihajlović was a Yugoslav footballer. He played for the Yugoslav national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. In 1944 he emigrated to Sale, Australia.- External links :*...
- Rade Ćosić as Teofilo SpasojevićTeofilo SpasojevićTeofilo Spasojević was a Serbian football player....
- Milan Nikitović as Branislav "Bane" SekulićBranislav SekulicBranislav "Bane" Sekulić was a Serbian football player and football manager....
- Tamara DragićevićTamara DragičevićTamara Dragičević is a Serbian actress and model. She is the best known for her performances in film Montevideo, God Bless You! by Dragan Bjelogrlić and the RTS series The Scent of Rain in the Balkans by Ljubiša Samardžić.- Personal life :Dragičević has two siblings, a brother and a sister...
as Eli - Branislav LečićBranislav LecicBranislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, and politician. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor in 1978...
as King AlexanderAlexander I of YugoslaviaAlexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...
Accolades
| Event | Category | Winner/Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fipresci Serbia 2010 | |||
| Best Actor | Miloš Biković Miloš Biković Miloš Biković is a Serbian actor. He is the best known for his performances in the television series White Ship and The Storks Will Return, and his portrayal of Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić in film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić.- Personal life :Biković has... |
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| Best Actress | Danina Jeftić | ||
| Best Actress | Nina Janković | ||
| Best Picture | Intermedia Network | ||
| Best Director | Dragan Bjelogrlić | ||
| Best Director of Photography | Goran Volarević | ||
| Best Script | Srđan Dragojević and Ranko Bozić | ||
| Best Production Design | Nemanja Petrović | ||
| Popularity Oscars 2010 | Best Picture | Intermedia Network | |
| THE MEN awards 2010 | Project of the Year | Intermedia Network | |
| MTV Movie Awards 2011 | Best Film | Intermedia Network | |
| 33rd Moscow International Film Festival Moscow International Film Festival Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995.... |
Audience Choice Award | Intermedia Network | |
| 58th International Pula Film Festival Pula Film Festival The Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August.... |
Special Mention | Intermedia Network | |
| Sopot Film Festival 2011 | Best Production Design | Nemanja Petrovic | |
| Two Riversides Film and Art Festival 2011 | Audience Choice Award | Intermedia Network | |
| Nis Film Festival 2011 | |||
| Best Actor - 'Constantine The Great Award' | Miloš Biković Miloš Biković Miloš Biković is a Serbian actor. He is the best known for his performances in the television series White Ship and The Storks Will Return, and his portrayal of Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić in film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić.- Personal life :Biković has... |
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| Best Debut | Petar Strugar | ||
| FIPRESCI Award | Viktor Savic | ||
| Best Comic Role | Branimir Brstina | ||
| Actor of the Evening | Predrag Vasic |
See also
- List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film