The Woman With a Broken Nose

A young woman with a baby and a freshly broken nose steps out of a taxi caught in a traffic jam on the Belgrade bridge, leaving the baby behind in the car, and throws herself off the bridge.
What begins with a suicide attempt connects the lives of the three witnesses: Gavrilo, the taxi driver, a hard-boiled Bosnian refugee, is stuck with the baby. Anica, the high school teacher is recalling the drama of losing her son by car accident and the pharmacist Bijiana suddenly realizes that she doesn’t want to marry her fiancé and runs away…

“In clashes with impossible loves, unexpected saviors in different ways save each other and discover a reason for living.
It’s a film about Belgrade today, in a moment when the pendulum of energy and emotions is swinging from the years of wars, destruction and hate – to the other end: to life, the rediscovery of love, and overcoming the scars of the past.” (Srdjan Koljevic)


Info

Director/ Screenplay: Srđan Koljević
Director of Photography: Goran Volarević
Music: Mario Schneider
Editor: Marko Glušac
Producers: Jelena Mitrović, Srdan Golubović, Alexander Ris

Cast: Nebojša Glogovac, Branka Katic, Anica Dobra, Nada Šargin, Jasna Žalica, Vuk Kostić, Nikola Rakočević, Stipe Erceg

 

Awards & Festivals

Montpellier Mediterrenean Film Festival 2010, Prix jeune public du CMCAS Languedoc 

Lecce European Film Festival, Golden Olive
Tree for Best Film and Special Audience Prize 

45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Competition East of the West

Cinema City IFF Novi Sad 2010
Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor,
Best Film Award, Audience Award and
Film Critic Award for Best Film

Zurich Film Festival 2010
Golden Eye Award for Best International Feature
Raindance Film Festival 2010 Competition Best International Feature

26th Warsaw International Film Festival
Official Selection

Flanders Film Festival Ghent
Official Selection