Three for Happiness

Three for Happiness

Za srecu je potrebno troje DVD cover
Za sreću je potrebno troje
Directed by Rajko Grlić
Produced by Sulejman Kapić
Written by Rajko Grlić
Dubravka Ugrešić
Starring Mira Furlan
Miki Manojlović
Dubravka Ostojić
Bogdan Diklić
Vanja Drach
Music by Bodan Arsovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Cinematography Živko Zalar
Edited by Živka Toplak
Production
company
Centar Film
Jadran Film
Release dates
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Yugoslavia
Language Serbo-Croatian

Three for Happiness (aka Three's Happiness) (Croatian: ''Za sreću je potrebno troje'') is a 1985 Croatian romantic drama film directed by Rajko Grlić.[1]

Plot

After a man is forced by poverty and desperation to use a children's plastic gun to rob a small bank and is captured. After three years, he is released from prison and meets two women who will determine his fate.

Cast

  • Miki Manojlovic as Drago
  • Mira Furlan as Zdenka Robic
  • Bogdan Diklic as Jozo
  • Vanja Drach as Ivan
  • Dusan Jovanovic as Zeljeznicar
  • Miodrag Krivokapic as Montenegrin Ticket Buyer
  • Dubravka Ostojic as Nina Korbar
  • Ksenija Pajic as Jagoda (Strawberry)
  • Mladen Budiscak as Pilar (Sawyer)
  • Nina Erak-Svrtan as Shoe Factory Shift Leader
  • Drago Krca as Judge
  • Vitomira Loncar as Telephone Operator
  • Lana Golob as Shoe Factory Worker
  • Mladen Crnobrnja as Krojac (Tailor)
  • Jadranka Matkovic as Shoe Factory Worker
  • Damir Saban as Shoe Factory Worker
  • Ljudevit Galic as Train Ticket Agent

Reception

The film won the FIPRESCI, Grand Prix and the Peter Karsten award for 'Best Script' by the International Federation of Film Critics for Rajko Grlic at the 1986 Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema. It also won the Grand Prix at the salls Film Festival in Italy, and many awards from Yugoslavian film festivals, including the Golden Arena for Scenography at the 1986 Pula Film Festival.[2] The film was distributed in 14 countries.[3]

Croatian film historian Ivo Škrabalo compared Three for Happiness unfavorably to Grlić's earlier works, noting more simplistic direction and failure to fulfill the genre's determinants. Škrabalo also remarked that the film steers clear of a more pronounced social criticism, limiting itself to showing contrast between social backgrounds.[2]

Eleanor Mannikka of All Movie Guide wrote that the film "is an amusing and enjoyable romantic comedy buoyed by witty dialogue".[4]

References

  1. ↑ staff. "Za Srecu Je Potrebno Troje (1986)". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Za sreću je potrebno troje". filmski-programi.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Grlic, Rajko. "Za sreću je potrebno troje (1986)" (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Za Srecu Je Potrebno Troje (1986)". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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