SEVDAH FOR KARIM
Title: SEVDAH FOR KARIM
Original title: SEVDAH ZA KARIMA
Section: Competition Programme – Features
Director: Jasmin Duraković
Cast list: Amar Selimović, Marija Karan, Adnan Hasković, Mirvad Kurić, Asli Bayram, Ivana Petrović, Semir Krivić, Edhem Husić, Haris Burina, Sadžida Šetić
Credits:
screenplay: Jasmin Duraković, Asmir Kujović; director of photography: Šahin Šišić; editor: Midhat Mujkić
; music: Dubioza kolektiv; production design: Maja Cerić; costume design: Belma Žiško; producer: Angelina Albijanić-Duraković, Denes Sekeres; production: Depo, Sarajevo; Tivoli, Budimpešta;
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary
Year: 2010
Running time: 95
Colour: Colour
Format: 35 mm
Karim is a failed philosophy student in post-war Sarajevo. In order to provide for himself and his sister Džemila, he works in mine clearance. He has a friend Juka, a local trouble maker. They are wartime friends. There is also Ivana, Juka's girlfriend. The film begins with the three of them robbing a local mosque during Bajram festivities to have some money to party. On that same evening, Juka causes an incident in the street and ends up in jail. Karim and Ivana go to a party, have a great time and end up in Juka's flat. Karim falls for Ivana. The two friends Karim and Juka end up in a fistfight and Karim loses. Disappointed, Karim returns to his flat in the middle of the night to confront his (pro-western) past...

















