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We Are Not Angels (Serbian: Ми нисмо анђели / Mi nismo anđeli) is a 1992 Serbian and Yugoslavian comedy movie directed by Srđan Dragojević that became one of the most popular films of the 1990s in the region of the former Yugoslavia. The plot revolves around Angel (played by Uroš Đurić) and Devil (Srđan Todorović) fighting for the soul of Belgrade playboy Nikola (Nikola Kojo) who is unaware that he impregnated a high school student named Marina (Milena Pavlović) during a drunken one-night stand.

We Are Not Angels
DVD cover
Ми нисмо анђели
Mi nismo anđeli
Directed bySrđan Dragojević
Written bySrđan Dragojević and Isidora Bjelica
Produced byGojko Kastratović
Ranko Petrič
StarringNikola Kojo
Uroš Đurić
Srđan Todorović
Milena Pavlović
Zoran Cvijanović
Branka Katić
Vesna Trivalić
CinematographyDušan Joksimović
Edited byBranka Čeperac
Music byAleksandar Eraković
Release date
1992
Running time
98 min
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbian

The film was lauded by critics for its inventive direction, tight editing, urban humour and its large number of pop culture references. Its commercial success and later cult status, however, could be at least partially attributed to specific circumstances at the time of the film's premiere. Namely, before the film reached theatres, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was put under UN sanctions, thus depriving local theatres of Hollywood blockbusters. Many Yugoslavian films filled that void and had great commercial success, including We Are Not Angels. However, Yugoslavian movies were anyway the most popular in Yugoslavia (both SFRJ and FRJ).


Characters



Production


The movie was shot during fall 1991 using the production capabilities of Avala Film. The making of the movie coincided with the beginning stages of the disintegration of SFR Yugoslavia that included continual ethnically motivated incidents in the breakaway constituent republic of SR Croatia that culminated in the Battle of Vukovar.

Since the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) was involved in the above conflict, it was conscripting young men for battle thus many of the film's male crew members including director Dragojević received military call-ups. According to Dragojević, in order to avoid the draft, they resorted to sleeping in different apartments most nights during the movie's shooting.[1]


Release and reception


The film was lauded by critics for its inventive direction, tight editing, urban humour and its large number of pop culture references. Its commercial success and later cult status, however, could be at least partially attributed to specific circumstances at the time of the film's premiere. Namely, before the film reached theatres, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was put under UN sanctions, thus depriving local theatres of Hollywood blockbusters. Many Serbian films filled that void and had great commercial success, including We Are Not Angels. In 1996, the members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted this film the ninth best Serbian movie in the 1947–1995 period.


Sequels



We Are Not Angels 2 (2005)


Break-through role of Mirka Vasiljević who became a teen idol.


We Are Not Angels 3: Rockenroll Strikes Back (2006)



See also



References


  1. Dragojevic@PodatakPlus on YouTube; November 2011





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