We Are Not Angels

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Mi nismo anđeli We Are Not Angels
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Directed by	Srđan Dragojević
Produced by	Gojko Kastratović and Ranko Petrič
Written by	Srđan Dragojević
Starring	Nikola Kojo Uroš Đurić Srđan Todorović Milena Pavlović Zoran Cvijanović
Music by	Aleksandar Eraković
Cinematography	Dusan Joksimović
Editing by	Branka Ceperac
Release date(s)	1992
Running time	98 min
Language	Serbian
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We Are Not Angels (Serbian: Mi nismo anđeli) is a 1992 Serbian comedy 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.

The film was lauded by critics for its inventive direction, tight editing, urban humour and plenty of pop culture references. Its commercial success and later cult status, however, could be at least partially attributed to specific circumstances in Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars. When the film began shooting, Yugoslavia only began to disintegrate, so the film refers to certain locations in newly independent and war-torn Croatia as tourist destinations. The war itself is, however, referred in brief but darkly comical scene.

Before the film reached Serbian theatres, the rump Yugoslav federation Serbia and Montenegro 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.

The popularity of We Are Not Angels expanded beyond Serbian borders, even to Croatia, where the film turned into a huge underground attraction and gradually became part of the popular culture, most notably through various slang words that became part of urban vocabulary.

In 2005 a sequel named We Are Not Angels 2 was filmed.