The Tower of Strength (2024)
- Original title
- Obraz
- Directed by
- Nikola Vukčević
- Country
- Montenegro
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 2 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.
How it feels
During World War II in Yugoslavia, a Christian child loses his family and village in an attack by an Albanian SS division. A Muslim Albanian stranger named Nuredin Doka takes him in, and they shelter together.
poignantwar-tornresilienthumanisticintimatesorrowfultenderhopeful
What happens
The Tower of Strength (Serbian: Obrazcode: srp promoted to code: sr ) is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Nikola Vukčević. The script inspired by an anthology story by academician Zuvdija Hodžić, is written by Ana Vujadinović and Melina Pota Koljević. The film complete with a humanistic message is set around World War II in Yugoslavia. It follows a Christian child who escapes an Albanian SS division attack that destroyed his village and killed his parents, and a Muslim Albanian stranger, Nuredin Doka, with whom he takes shelter. The film had its world premiere at the FilmFestival Cottbus on 7 November 2024, in the Feature Film Competition, where it competed for Main prize for the best film. It was selected as the Montenegrin entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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