''No Smoking in Sarajevo'' is a 2016 French

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by Gianluca Loffredo and Andrea Postiglione. The documentary explores the history of rock band

Zabranjeno Pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...

() through stories of three founding members;

Sejo Sexon Davor Sučić (; born June 7, 1961), better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjen ...

Nele Karajlić Nenad Janković (; ; born 11 December 1962), known as Dr Nele Karajlić (), is a Bosnian Serb musician, composer, comedian, actor, writer and television director living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. One of the founders of the New Primitivism c ...

and

Fudo Fudo may refer to: People * Yuri Fudo (born 1976), Japanese golfer Places * Fudō Falls, Japan * Fudō-mae Station, Japan Fictional characters * Akira Fudo, fictional superhero * Fudo or Acala * Fudō Yūsei from Yu-Gi-Oh is a ...

. The film was released on October 26, 2016, in

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, France. On December 21, 2016, the film had its

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

premiere at the 2016

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. The film won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2017

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, NY.

Synopsis

The documentary tells the history of a Yugoslavian rock band through stories of its three first members,

and

. Their story is emblematic of what happened in

socialist Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II, and ...

in the last 30 years. The film revisits the time of

New Primitivism New Primitivism (Serbo-Croatian: Novi primitivizam) was a subcultural movement established in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia in March 1983. It primarily used music, along with satire, sketch and surreal comedy on radio and tel ...

, famous TV show ''

Top Lista Nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Yugoslav sketch comedy and variety television show. Produced by TV Sar ...

'' and old concerts of Zabranjeno Pušenje.

Cast

Davor Sučić Davor Sučić (; born June 7, 1961), better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjen ...

, a.k.a. Sejo Sexon,

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

and co-founder of Zabranjeno Pušenje *

Nenad Janković Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a male personal Slavic names, name of Slavic origin common in countries that speak Slavic languages. It is more widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia than i ...

a.k.a. Nele Karajlić,

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

and co-founder of Zabranjeno Pušenje *

Zenit Đozić Zenit Đozić (born 8 October 1961) is a Bosnian actor, humorist, television producer and former rock drummer. Career Known under nicknames Zena and Fu-Do, Đozić started his entertainment career as a drummer of Sarajevo-based garage rock ban ...

a.k.a. Fudo,

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...

and co-founder of Zabranjeno Pušenje

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:No Smoking in Sarajevo 2016 films 2010s Italian-language films 2016 documentary films Documentary films about musical groups Films set in Sarajevo French documentary films Italian documentary films Zabranjeno Pušenje 2010s French films