The main characters of the film are Boris, a trumpet jazz performer, and Jana, a psychologist, a couple who are about to get married. He comes from a wealthy family of business owners (his father is a butcher), while she is from a classic middle-class background. The film confronts two families of different backgrounds, whose members are not as different as one might expect.
Award-winning Bosnian/Croatian film director Nuić wrote a script where “the plot is a bit pushed aside and the central position belongs to the characters' reactions to events that happen around them,” Propeler Film representatives told FNE. The film was shot in 35 days in Zagreb and in its surroundings in two phases - the first in December 2013, the second in May 2014. Radislav Jovanov Gonzo is the DoP.
The film with a budget of 900,000 EUR was produced by Boris T. Matić through Croatia's Propeler Film in coproduction with Slovenia’s Staragara, Serbia’s Baš Čelik, Montenego’s Artikulacija production, the Croatian Radio Television HRT. It was supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Zagreb Film Festival, Slovenian Film Center (with 60,000 EUR), FS Viba (with 65,000 EUR) and MEDIA Programme for development. The Film and Music Entertainment from UK is associate producer.
“I’ve been working with the producer Boris T. Matić for many years. Life Is a Trumpet is another result of our cooperation and in these days we are finishing the film Ivan, another coproduction between Staragara and Propeler Film from Zagreb,” Slovenian coproducer Miha Černec told FNE before the screening in Portorož.
Production Information:
Propeler Film
Varsavska 3
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 48 72 888
Fax: +385 1 48 27 717
http://www.propelerfilm.com/
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Film House Baš Čelik
Gospodar Jevremova 35/9
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Phone: +381 11 303 4441
+381 11 303 4486
+381 11 328 6980
+381 11 328 3691
http://bascelik.net/
Staragara
Majaronova 16, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
Office: Tržaška 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
Phone: +386 1 320 08 02
http://www.staragara.com/
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Artikulacija Production
Malo brdo N3/N4
81000 Podgorica, Monte Negro
Phone: +382 202 272 82, +382 682 404 40
Fax: +382 202 274 45
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http://www.artikulacija.me/
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija HRT
Prisavlje 3
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 634 2634
Fax: +385 1 634 3712
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www.hrt.hr
Credits:
Director: Antonio Nuić
Scriptwriter: Antonio Nuić
DoP: Radislav Jovanov Gonzo
Editor: Marin Juranić
Production Design: Nedjeljko Mikac
Costume Designer: Morana Starčević
Make-up: Iva Kurobasa
Sound Design: Srdjan Kurpjel
Cast: Bojan Navojec, Iva Babić, Filip Šovagović, Goran Navojec, Zlatko Vitez, Mirela Brekalo, Ksenija Marinković, Filip Križan
