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      Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

      1981 1h 46m Drama List
      Reviews 90% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A young man living in Sarajevo in the 1960s hides a young prostitute and falls in love with her. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Do You Remember Sarajevo? Emir Kusturica does, fondly and grittily Feb 4, 2010 Full Review Anton Bitel Film4 Ideals are retained and growing up is never finished in Kusturica's droll, moving debut. Jun 15, 2007 Full Review Jules Brenner Cinema Signals The photography is dark but the youthful and erotic spirit lightens the mood. You won't forget Dolly Bell any sooner than 16-year old Dino will. Rated: 3/5 May 30, 2005 Full Review James Plath Movie Metropolis A solid slice-of-communist-life film that succeeds because it avoids the pitfalls and cliches of the typical, bittersweet coming-of-age film. Rated: 7/10 Apr 28, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Simon T Dino has a rabbit and pigeons and believes hypnosis will solve all his problems. He and his friends plan to form a band, but an older man pimps a girl, Dolly Bell, and she and Dino fall in love. Emir Kusturica's Sarajevo-set film is charming, funny and sad. It stays true to its diverse cast of characters, their foibles and humanity, and never forces the narrative. It reminded me of a Balkan Bill Forsyth. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Kusturica's follow-up to WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS is actually a funnier and gentler. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Il n'y a pas que Midas qui savait changer le bois en or; Emir Kusturica en fait également partie.<br /><br />En partant du prémice de base que Do You Remember Dolly Bell? nous expose encore une fois à une histoire typiquement traditionnelle, soit celle du jeune homme manipulé par la liberté qui se laisse sexuellement éduquer par une femme un peu plus expérimentée que lui, il faut véritablement admettre que Kusturica possède un don hors-du-commun. Car même si le scénario semble, a priori, n'être qu'un cliché, il ne faut que quelques minutes pour réaliser que Kusturica lui donne une saveur qui lui soit complètement propre.<br /><br />L'efflorescence sensuelle qui en émerge se laisse conjuguer par l'intervention d'une musique divinement composée par Zoran Simjanovic et par une mise en scène digne des plus grands films de Kusturica. La relation entre le fils et le père ajoute également un intérêt grandissant au fur et à mesure que le jeune Dino (Slavko Stimac qui allait jouer 23 ans plus tard le héros principal de Life is a miracle) se laisse percuter de plein fouet par la réalité ambiante de Sarajevo et par l'ombre communiste qui y plane au-dessus.<br /><br />À peine terminé que l'on souhaite déjà le réécouter à nouveau, enjolivé par cette touche mystique qui entoure encore une fois la réalisation d'un des grands hommes du cinéma contemporain.<br /><br />Le réalisateur serbe redéfinit à merveille l'esthétique cinématographique, et c'est encore peu dire à mon avis. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review walter m "Do You Remember Dolly Bell?" starts with the local civic leaders deciding that the way to put a halt to youthful vice and sloth in Sarajevo is to form a dance band. To be honest, there is probably not that much to be alarmed about since it only includes the usual like smoking, drinking and running a lottery to buy a bicycle. Dino(Slavko Stimac), a teenager, takes little notice of it all since he is so busy with his studies on hypnotism. That is until Pog(Boro Stjepanovic), the local pimp, tells him to stash Dolly Bell(Ljilijana Blagojevic), one of his prostitutes, in his family's pigeon coop. With his first feature film that contains a couple of totally heartbreaking scenes, "Do You Remember Dolly Bell?" Emir Kusturica creates a bittersweet and spirited coming of age story where Dino is exposed to sex and death for the first time, giving him something to sing about. At the same time, he learns the world does not run like it was designed to. He is not the only one as his father(Slobodan Aligrudic), an alcoholic, is also a firm believer in Marxism which nobody ever gets right in the real world. Why else would the family spend six years in temporary housing waiting for a state apartment? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this again after a long time and I still like it very much. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member it is bast bosnia love movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A young man living in Sarajevo in the 1960s hides a young prostitute and falls in love with her.
      Director
      Emir Kusturica
      Screenwriter
      Emir Kusturica, Abdulah Sidran
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 24, 2005
      Runtime
      1h 46m
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