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My Uncle's Legacy
My Uncle's Legacy
Croatian	Život sa stricem
Directed by	Krsto Papić
Written by	Ivan Aralica (novel and screenplay); Mate Matišić; Krsto Papić
Produced by	Branko Baletić; Tomislav Milanović; Ben Stassen
Starring	Davor Janjić; Alma Prica; Miodrag Krivokapić; Branislav Lečić; Anica Dobra; Ivo Gregurević; Filip Šovagović; Fabijan Šovagović
Cinematography	Boris Turković
Edited by	Robert Lisjak
Music by	Brane Živković
Production; companies	CFS Avala Film; Kinematografi; Stassen Productions; Urania Film
Distributed by	International Film Exchange (1990) (USA)
Release date	7 April 1988 (Yugoslavia);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian

Život sa stricem (My Uncle's Legacy) is a 1988 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Krsto Papić, starring Davor Janjić, Alma Prica, Miodrag Krivokapić, Branislav Lečić, Anica Dobra and Ivo Gregurević. It is based on Okvir za mržnju, a novel by Ivan Aralica.^[2]

Plot

Overview

"In the story, Martin is a schoolboy with a sense of the absurd and a willingness to use ridicule to amuse himself and his classmates. He has an uncle who is high up in the nation’s bureaucracy who protects him and his grandfather now that his father has died. His grandfather is too stubborn to give his farm to the local farming collective, and Martin himself is in hot water with the principal for making fun of his girlfriend, one of the students at the high school. However, as long as the uncle is able to protect them, they remain out of hot water."^[3]

Cast

Davor Janjić as Martin Kujundžić
Alma Prica as Marta
Miodrag Krivokapić as Stjepan Kujundžić
Branislav Lečić as Vinko Maglica
Anica Dobra as Korina Kužina
Ivo Gregurević as Comrade Radojica
Filip Šovagović as Ivan Babarović
Nenad Srdelić as Klepo
Ilija Zovko as School Master
Ivan Bibalo as Bepo
Dejan Ačimović as Markan
Darko Vladetić as Mato

Awards

The film won the Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1988 Pula Festival of Yugoslav Film,^[1] along with the Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award, and was later nominated for the 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was also selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Život sa stricem". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Retrieved 2017-01-08.
^ "Život sa stricem". Filmski leksikon (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
^ My Uncle's Legacy (1988), retrieved 2020-10-06
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences