Petria's Wreath (1980)

Original title

Petrijin venac

Directed by

Srđan Karanović

Genre

war film

Country

Yugoslavia

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows an illiterate woman living in a small Serbian mining town. It shows her life before, during and after World War II.

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What happens

Petria's Wreath (Serbo-Croatian: Петријин венац, Petrijin venac), is a 1980 Yugoslav film directed by Srđan Karanović based on the eponymous novel by Dragoslav Mihailović. It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, with Mirjana Karanović picking up the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the 1980 Pula Film Festival. Set in a small mining town in Serbia, before, during and after World War II, it follows the life of an illiterate woman. The film marks the acting debut of Mirjana Karanović. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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