I happen to have (in this case) a privilege of living in Serbia. I have just seen a series "Zivot je cudo". Five 45min. episodes of Kusturica's glorious achievement. Many scenes were cut out so that the film could fit into 155min. cinema edition . . .
After seeing this movie twice (once in cinema, and second time on DVD) the whole series was a major surprise.
Both first, and second time movie made me laugh to tears, and then cry some again when I saw what happened later. In series, this was double. Scenes after opening the railroad when they are all on train and ruining of Luka's life begins for example, a very stress part when Luka foresees his wife's intentions with Hungarian. Filipovic's lies and promises to Luka . . . The part when Milos gets captured by Muslims . . . When Aleksic shows confidential data to Luke where Filipovic and Toma Krtolina are exposed as domestic betrayers working for several foreign agencies . . .
Series opened my eyes again, and I recommend it more than film, if you are able to, see this, you won't regret it.
After seeing this movie twice (once in cinema, and second time on DVD) the whole series was a major surprise.
Both first, and second time movie made me laugh to tears, and then cry some again when I saw what happened later. In series, this was double. Scenes after opening the railroad when they are all on train and ruining of Luka's life begins for example, a very stress part when Luka foresees his wife's intentions with Hungarian. Filipovic's lies and promises to Luka . . . The part when Milos gets captured by Muslims . . . When Aleksic shows confidential data to Luke where Filipovic and Toma Krtolina are exposed as domestic betrayers working for several foreign agencies . . .
Series opened my eyes again, and I recommend it more than film, if you are able to, see this, you won't regret it.