Belgrade, Dec.4, 2009 (Serbia Today) - Shooting of the film “Play me, Kusturica“ directed by a young director Uros Tomic will start at the end of this year in Mecavnik and Belgrade. Mirjana Karanovic, Slavko Stimac and Emir Kusturica will have the main roles.
Shooting will take place in the winter and spring of 2010, of course depending on Emir Kusturica’s obligations- says the director Uros Tomic and discovers an interesting and unusual plot of the film.
“The film is about a mother, played by Mirjana Karanovic, whose son is a young, but unsuccessful director. She is obsessed with the horoscope and according to her natal chart, Emir Kusturica and her son are connected by destiny and if Emir sees her son’s film, he will become famous,” explains Tomic.
The mother sends a CD with her son’s film to her old friend, played by Slavko Stimac, who lives in Mecavnik. However, the mother does not know that the character played by Stimac is a completely insignificant in the world of the famous director in the imaginary town of Kustendorf, which is located in the isolated Mecavnik mountains
Tomic explains that, “He is in fact in love with the mother and that is the reason why he cannot disclose his actual status, but embarks on an adventure trying to find a way to give Kusturica the CD with the young director’s film.
“It is an adventure, a comedy, a fairy tale and a love story. Some of the models that I used for this films are ‘The King of Comedy’ starring Robert De Niro, ‘Broken Flowers’ by Jim Jarmusch, ‘Being John Malkovich’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Tim Burton and ‘The Wizard of Oz’,” says Tomic, adding that the film is based on a true story.
The film is supported by the Secretariat for Culture of Belgrade and will be produced by Kiselo Dete, and co-produced by Rasta Films from Belgrade with partners from Hungary and Germany.
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