''Cirkus Columbia'' is a 2010 Bosnian drama film starring Miki Manojlović,

Mira Furlan Mira Furlan (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Croatian actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'' (1993–1998), and as ...

, Boris Ler and Jelena Stupljanin. The film is set in the Herzegovina part of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

in the early 1990s, after the

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, and slightly before the

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...

. It tells an emotional story of a man coming back to his hometown after many years abroad and dealing with his past and current family, using the political dealings of the region as a backdrop. It is based on the novel ''Cirkus Columbia'' by well known Bosnian Croat writer

Ivica Đikić Ivica Đikić is a Bosnian writer and journalist. He was born 1977, in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Career Journalist career He worked as a journalist for few Croatian newspapers, and he left the most impact on far left ...

Cast

* Miki Manojlović - Divko Buntić *

- Lucija *Boris Ler - Martin Buntić *Jelena Stupljanin - Azra *

Milan Štrljić Milan Štrljić (born 22 March 1952) is a Croatian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1972. Personal life Štrljić has a daughter Iva, who is also an actress, with his Serbian former wife Slavica. Selected ...

- Ranko Ivanda *Mario Knezović - Pivac *

Svetislav Goncić Svetislav "Bule" Goncić ( sr-cyr, Светислав "Буле" Гонцић; born 5 May 1960) is a Serbian actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1971. Selected filmography References External links * 1960 births ...

- Savo * Ines Fančović - Starica *

Ermin Bravo Ermin Bravo (born 5 December 1979) is a Bosnian actor. He has appeared in more than ten films since 2001. He is most known for starring in the 2003 Bosnian film '' Remake''. Bravo is also remembered as a unique character in the 2017 film ''Men Do ...

- Fra Ante Gudelj * Mirsad Tuka - Dragan *Slaven Knezović - Miro *

Izudin Bajrović Izudin Bajrović (born 9 February 1963) is a Bosnian theater, film and television actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1986. Recent activity In 2017, Bajrović signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, ...

- Major Kostelić

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Review aggregator

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reports that the film has an overall approval rating of 80%, based on 10 reviews, with a

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rating of 6.5/10. Deborah Young wrote in ''

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'' that the film "rings with authenticity and weight", and presents absorbing characters, yet "the script by Tanovic and Ivica Dikic is simple to a fault, becoming utterly predictable in the forbidden romance between Martin and his father's bride-to-be".

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* 2010 films 2010 war drama films English-language Bosnian films Bosnian-language films Films directed by Danis Tanović Bosnian War films Films set in 1991 Yugoslav Wars in fiction Bosnia and Herzegovina drama films 2010 drama films {{war-drama-film-stub

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