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LITANY OF HAPPY PEOPLE

ZDRAVI LJUDI ZA RAZANODU / LITANY OF HAPPY PEOPLE

The Serbian province of Vojvodina is home to a multi-ethnic population of Serbs, Croats, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Romanians, and Roma. The different groups seem to coexist cheerfully and peacefully, full of respect for each other’s customs, songs and religions. But the fi lmmaker’s ironical gaze discovers cracks in a facade that has long been less harmonious than it seems…

Yugoslavia 1971
15 min, 35mm, colour


DIRECTOR
Karpo Aćimović-Godina

SCREENPLAY
Karpo Aćimović-Godina

CAMERA
Karpo Aćimović-Godina

PRODUCTION
Neoplanta Film, Novi Sad

PROVIDED BY
Aus dem Archiv der Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

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