We Are Not Angels

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Ми нисмо анђели Mi nismo anđeli We Are Not Angels
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Directed by	Srđan Dragojević
Produced by	Gojko Kastratović Ranko Petrič
Written by	Srđan Dragojević
Starring	Nikola Kojo Uroš Đurić Srđan Todorović Milena Pavlović Zoran Cvijanović Branka Katić Vesna Trivalić
Music by	Aleksandar Eraković
Cinematography	Dušan Joksimović
Editing by	Branka Čeperac
Release date(s)	1992
Running time	98 min
Language	Serbian
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We Are Not Angels (Serbian: Ми нисмо анђели, 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.

It's 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, 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.

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.

The popularity of We Are Not Angels expanded beyond Serbian borders. In Croatia, 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.

1 Characters
2 The 2nd and 3rd Part
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Characters

Nikola Milojević (Nikola Kojo) is a Belgrade playboy, who has slept with almost every girl in the town. He is 20 years old, lives with his friend Marta, and he studies linguistic. He has one problem: he has an amnesia every morning, so he cannot remember the girl he slept. Marina's pregnancy makes Nikola insecure and frightened, but he finally falls in love with Marina. They get a baby girl, named Sofija.

Marina (Milena Pavlović) is an excellent student, 18 years old. Nikola is the first guy he's slept, but she gets pregnant. She decides to give a birth at the moment, but she falls in love with Nikola, and wants him for herself. Her friend Buba has many plans how to do it, and Marina's not always all right with her plans, but she's listening her. At the end of the movie, Marina gives a birth to a beautiful baby girl, Sofija.

Ljubinka Buba Prodanović (Branka Katić) is Marina's best friend, a 18-years-old pupil of the High School of Beauty Care. She is probably the biggest fan of Barbara Sidney (she doesn't exist really)'s books, and the creator of the book The most famous playboys of Belgrade. Buba tries to make Marina and Nikola a couple, and her plans are based on Barbara Sidney's novels. She is helped by Raca, who is annoying her, but they become a couple at the end of the movie.

Devil (Srđan Todorović) and Angel (Uroš Đurić) - two of them are acting like enemies, but truly they are best friends. They're playing their game - if Nikola falls in love with Marina and takes care of their baby, Angel wins in the game. If Nikola refuses to take the responsibility, Devil wins. They both have their tricks, but, at the end, Angel wins. But, Angels says that it's just a game, and he's not acting like he'h won.

[edit] The 2nd and 3rd Part

See:

We Are Not Angels 2
We Are Not Angels 3: Rockenroll Strikes Back

Two sequels, We Are Not Angels 2 (2005) and We Are Not Angels 3: Rockenroll Strikes Back (2006) were filmed and released in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Both were poorly received by the audiences, and failed to live up to the original.

[edit] Trivia

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 1947-1995 period.
The second movie, We Are Not Angels 2, made Mirka Vasiljević very popular young actress in Serbia and teen idol.