In the Jaws of Life (Croatian: U raljama života) is a 1984 Yugoslav film directed by Rajko Grlić. It is based on a novel by Dubravka Ugrešić.[1]

In the Jaws of Life
Cover of the Facets Video VHS release
Directed by	Rajko Grlić
Written by	Rajko Grlić Dubravka Ugrešić
Starring	Gorica Popović Vitomira Lončar Bogdan Diklić Miodrag Krivokapić Mira Furlan Semka Sokolović-Bertok Miki Manojlović Bata Živojinović Rade Šerbedžija
Cinematography	Tomislav Pinter
Edited by	Živka Toplak
Music by	Brane Živković
Release date	4 April 1984
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian

The film was released on VHS in the United States by Facets Video in November 1998.

Plot

Dunja (Gorica Popović), a television director is editing a TV series about Štefica Cvek (Vitomira Lončar), an introverted and unassuming office worker who lives in a world of romance novels and women's magazines, seeking out for a real man. Dunja's relationship with Sale (Miodrag Krivokapić), a literary critic and party ideologue, is facing a crisis, so she finds herself in a situation similar to that of her on-screen protagonist...[2]

References

External links

• In the Jaws of Life at IMDb

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