''Outsider'' is a film produced in 1997 in
Slovenia
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by writer and director
Andrej Košak
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*Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*An ...
. The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
70th Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film takes place in the 1980s in the former
Yugoslavia
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. It covers issues such as the former
Yugoslav punk rock scene and
drug
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use in the year when
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
died.
The story begins in
autumn
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1979 when Sead Mulahasanović, whose father was a
Warrant Officer
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(''zastavnik'') of
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...
moved to
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
and started attending one of the local secondary schools. He immediately joined local punkers who formed a
band
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Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
*Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
* Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
. Because
punk rock in Yugoslavia was not tolerated some of them quickly fell into trouble. Authorities were on high alert because Tito got seriously ill and was admitted to
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
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. Sead spent a lot of time with his new friends because his father was devoted only to the army and wanted Sead to join the army school to become an officer or a
pilot
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.
Sead fell in love with Metka, a girl from his class, so he also began spending his time with her. Then several things occurred: one of his friends was beaten by the police and put to prison, he was punished by his father for not being devoted enough to the ideas of
socialism
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, Metka got pregnant and they were again forced to move, so Sead should leave his life behind and start it anew. He didn't hold out any more and committed suicide - coincidentally it happened on the day when Tito died.
Outsider was the top grossing Slovenian film (91,000)
Outsider
LUMIERE, database on admissions of films released in Europe. Accessed 2008-12-15 until Branko Đurić
Branko Đurić ( sh-Cyrl, Бранко Ђурић; born 28 May 1962), also known by his nickname Đuro (Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Born and raised i ...
's film '' Kajmak in marmelada'' (over 100,000 viewers).
Cast
* Davor Janjić .... Sead Mulahasanović 'Sid'
* Nina Ivanič .... Metka Hafner
* Uros Potočnik .... Borut Kadunc 'Bomba'
* Jure Ivanušič .... 'Podgana'
*Zijah Sokolović
Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director. He is the director of ''Theaterland'' in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of ''Dežela gledališča'' theat ...
.... Zastavnik Haris Mulahasanović
* Miranda Caharija .... Marija Mulahasanović
*Demeter Bitenc
Demeter Bitenc (21 July 1922 – 22 April 2018) was a Slovenian film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows from 1953 to 2018. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Selected filmography
* ''Sinji galeb'' (1953)
* ''Pu ...
.... Direktor
Movie goofs
* There is a scene in the film, showing the band playing cover-version of the song "Goodbye Teens" by Plavi orkestar
Plavi orkestar () is a Bosnian and former Yugoslavian pop rock band from Sarajevo. The band was formed in 1983 by Saša Lošić, who is the lead singer and songwriter of the group. The band has remained popular with seven albums and more than ...
, which was originally released in 1985, although the movie shows the events taking place in 1980.
See also
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References
External links
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1997 films
1997 drama films
Punk films
Slovene-language films
Slovenian drama films
Films set in Slovenia
Films set in Yugoslavia
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