Train Driver's Diary

Train Driver's Diary

Film poster
Directed by Miloš Radović
Written by Miloš Radović
Starring Lazar Ristovski
Release date
  • 23 June 2016 (2016-06-23) (Moscow)
  • 14 September 2016 (2016-09-14) (Serbia)
Running time
 89 minutes
Country Serbia
Language Serbian

Train Driver's Diary (Serbian: Dnevnik mašinovođe, Дневник машиновође) is a 2016 Serbian drama film directed by Miloš Radović.[1][2] It was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[3][4][5]

Plot

The film tells the story of a train driver Ilija who accidentally runs over many people during his employment. His beautiful girlfriend also dies on the railroad. One day on the railway he sees a young boy who wishes to commit suicide and Ilja saves him. Thus Sima becomes his adopted son. At first Ilija is against his wish to also become a train driver because of his own bad experiences but then Ilija changes his mind when he sees that Sima is determined. However later the young man becomes depressed because he does not run over anyone and is in a constant state of dread. Ilija is ready to sacrifice his own life to heal Sima's melancholy. Luckily, Sima runs over another man – Ljuba the Maniac instead of Ilija. The film ends with Ilija sitting in a train where his adopted son is the driver.

Cast

Awards

At the 38th Moscow International Film Festival the film won the audience award.[6][7][8] The film won three awards at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival – the Grand Prix, Best Actor (Lazar Ristovski), and Best Feature Film.[9][10][11]

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References

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