''Do You Remember Dolly Bell?'' ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел?, Sjećaš li se Doli Bel?) is a 1981

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...

, in his

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, and co-written by Kusturica and

Abdulah Sidran Abdulah Sidran (born 2 October 1944), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname ''Avdo'', is a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the poetry book Sarajevski Tabut and the scripts for ''When Father Was Away on Busines ...

, based on Sidran's 1979 novel of the same name. The film won

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for Best First Work at 1981

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, and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot

Set over a single 1963 summer in one of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

's neighbourhoods, the plot follows the fortunes of a school boy nicknamed Dino (

Slavko Štimac Slavko Štimac ( sr-cyrl, Славко Штимац; born 15 October 1960) is a Serbian actor. Born in a village near Perušić in modern-day Croatia, he later graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Štimac made his screen debut ...

) who grows up under the shadow of his good, but ailing, father. Simultaneous to being enthralled with a life that flashes before his eyes and ears in the local cinema and youth centre (where, among other things, he watches Alessandro Blasetti's '' European Nights'' and listens to Adriano Celentano's " 24 Mila Baci"), Dino gets a taste of the world inhabited by local thugs and petty criminals. However, when he is rewarded via a liaison for providing a hiding place for prostitute "Dolly Bell" (

Ljiljana Blagojević Ljiljana Blagojević ( sr-cyr, Љиљана Благојевић; born 5 November 1955 in Belgrade, Serbia PR Serbia in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia]) is a Serbian theater, film, and television actress. She is married t ...

), his world is turned upside down as he falls in love with her.

Cast

- Dino * Slobodan Aligrudić - Father *

- Dolly Bell *

Mira Banjac Mira Banjac ( sr-Cyrl, Мира Бањац; born 4 November 1929) is a Serbian actress. She won a number of awards, including an award for her work in Mamaroš from Brasil and Golden Medal for Merits of Republic of Serbia. Selected filmograph ...

- Mother *

Pavle Vuisić Pavle "Paja" Vuisić ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Вуисић; 10 July 1926 – 1 October 1988) was a Yugoslav actor, known as one of the most recognizable faces of former Yugoslav cinema. Biography He was born in Belgrade as Pavle Vujisić ...

- Uncle * Nada Pani - Aunt *

Boro Stjepanović Borislav "Boro" Stjepanović (born 8 May 1946 in Vareš, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian film, theater and television actor. He has played in over 50 films since the 1960s, most notably in '' Sjećaš li se Doli Bel'', ' ...

- Cvikeraš * Žika Ristić - Čiča * Jasmin Celo * Mirsad Zulić * Ismet Delahmet * Jovanka Paripović * Mahir Imamović * Zakira Stjepanović * Tomislav Gelić * Sanela Spahović * Fahrudin Ahmetbegović * Samir Ruznić *

Dragan Suvak Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...

* Aleksandar Zurovac

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* 1981 films 1981 romantic comedy films Yugoslav coming-of-age films Films set in the 1960s Films directed by Emir Kusturica Serbo-Croatian-language films Films set in Sarajevo Yugoslav comedy films Yugoslav romance films Films set in Yugoslavia Films about prostitution Films set in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Yugoslavia-film-stub

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