Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

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Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
DVD cover
Directed by	Emir Kusturica
Written by	Emir Kusturica Abdulah Sidran
Starring	Slavko Štimac Slobodan Aligrudić Ljiljana Blagojević Mira Banjac
Music by	Zoran Simjanović
Cinematography	Vilko Filač Milenko Uherka
Editing by	Senija Tičić
Distributed by	International Home Cinema (in USA)
Release date(s)	1981
Running time	107 min.
Language	Serbo-Croatian
Budget	???

Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Serbo-Croatian:Sjećaš li se Doli Bel?), filmed 1981, is the first feature film directed by Emir Kusturica. Showing early signs of the stylistic flair that Kusturica was to effectively deploy in later works, it is a coming of age story that many of his fans consider a must-see.

[edit] Plot

Set over a single early-1960s summer in one of Sarajevo's mahalas, plot follows the fortunes of a school boy nicknamed Dino (Slavko Štimac). Simultaneous to being enthralled with a life that flashes before his eyes and ears in the local cinema and youth centre (where, among other things, he watches Alessandro Blasetti's Europa di notte and listens to Adriano Celentano's "24 Milla Bacci"), Dino gets a taste of the world inhabited by local thugs and petty criminals. However, when he is rewarded via a liaison for providing a hiding place for prostitute "Dolly Bell" (Ljiljana Blagojević), his world is turned upside down as he falls in love with her.