Kuduz

Kuduz
Directed byAdemir Kenović
Written byAbdulah Sidran, Ademir Kenović
Produced byBakir Tanović
StarringSlobodan Ćustić
Snežana Bogdanović
Branko Đurić
Ivana Legin
Mustafa Nadarević
Music byGoran Bregović
Distributed byFRZ Bosna, Sarajevo, RTV Sarajevo
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryYugoslavia (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

Kuduz is a 1989 Yugoslavian drama film, set in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Abdulah Sidran and Ademir Kenović, who also directed the film.[1] It is based on the true story of the outlaw Junuz Kečo. The film was critically acclaimed[2] and won more than 20 Yugoslavian awards.[3]

Plot

A petty criminal is released from prison and marries his girlfriend. He manages to live a life free from crime, poor but happy, until his new wife commits adultery, which leads him to murder her and her lover. He then escapes into the mountains and evades justice for years.

This is a story about love and tragedy. It takes place in the grim social setting of city outskirts. Badema, a seductive local girl, meets Bećir Kuduz who has just come out of prison. Neither the age difference nor the fact that Badema has a little girl of her own (without knowing who the father is) stops them from coming together, each with plans of their own. Kuduz dreams of starting up his own construction business, Badema wants to work in a local cafe where it is fun and never boring.

But Badema is obviously quite light-hearted and is no homebody. Kuduz, meanwhile, is a man plagued by tragedy, torn by love, passion and jealousy. The two squabble and make up, then fight and split up only to return, and so the story unfolds until it reaches its inevitable tragic end. And it would all be utterly banal and unimportant were it not for fact that behind this tragedy lies the pure, true love of two people who find each other in this cruel world: Kuduz and Badema's five-year-old daughter Amela.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Chansel, Dominique; Co-operation, Council of Europe Council for Cultural (2001-01-01). Europe On-screen: Cinema and the Teaching of History. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-4531-4.
  2. ^ German Film & Literature. D. Holloway. 2003.
  3. ^ Ramet, Sabrina Petra (2019-02-22). Beyond Yugoslavia: Politics, Economics, And Culture In A Shattered Community. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-72232-5.