''Train Driver's Diary'' ( sr, Dnevnik mašinovođe, Дневник машиновође) is a 2016 Serbian
drama film
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directed by
Miloš Radović.
It was selected as the Serbian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Plot
The film tells the story of a train driver Ilija who accidentally runs over many people during his employment. His beautiful girlfriend also dies on the railroad. One day on the railway he sees a young boy who wishes to commit suicide and Ilija saves him. Thus Sima becomes his adopted son. At first Ilija is against his wish to also become a train driver because of his own bad experiences but then Ilija changes his mind when he sees that Sima is determined. However later the young man becomes depressed because he does not run over anyone and is in a constant state of dread. Ilija is ready to sacrifice his own life to heal Sima's melancholy. Luckily, Sima runs over another man – Ljuba the Maniac instead of Ilija. The film ends with Ilija sitting in a train where his adopted son is the driver.
Cast
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Lazar Ristovski
Lazar "Laza" Ristovski ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Ристовски, born 26 October 1952) is a Serbian retired actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, ...
as Ilija
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Petar Korać as Sima
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Pavle Erić as young Sima
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Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...
as Jagoda
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Jasna Đuričić
Jasna Đuričić (; born 16 April 1966) is a Serbian actress and academic, best known for playing the titular role in the Bosnian film '' Quo Vadis, Aida?'', which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign International Feature Film i ...
as Sida
Awards
At the 38th
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
the film won the audience award.
The film won three awards at the 2017
Prague Independent Film Festival
Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema. Festival founder and director is Diana Ringo.
History 2016
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– the Grand Prix, Best Actor (Lazar Ristovski), and Best Feature Film.
See also
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References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Serbian drama films
2010s Serbian-language films
Films shot in Serbia
Films set in Serbia