Do You Remember Dolly Bell?

107 minutesCountrySFR YugoslaviaLanguageSerbo-Croatian

Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Serbo-Croatian: Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел?, Sjećaš li se Doli Bel?) is a 1981 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica, in his feature film directorial debut. The screenplay is co-written by Kusturica and Abdulah Sidran, based on Sidran's 1979 novel of the same name. The film won Silver Lion for Best First Work at 1981 Venice Film Festival, and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Plot

Set over a single 1963 summer in one of Sarajevo's neighbourhoods, the plot follows the fortunes of a school boy nicknamed Dino (Slavko Štimac) who grows up under the shadow of his good, but ailing, father. 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 European Nights and listens to Adriano Celentano's "24 Mila Baci"), 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.

Cast

• Slavko Štimac - Dino
• Slobodan Aligrudić - Father
• Ljiljana Blagojević - Dolly Bell
• Mira Banjac - Mother
• Pavle Vuisić - Uncle
• Nada Pani - Aunt
• Boro Stjepanović - Cvikeraš
• Žika Ristić - Čiča
• Jasmin Celo
• Mirsad Zulić
• Ismet Delahmet
• Jovanka Paripović
• Mahir Imamović
• Zakira Stjepanović
• Tomislav Gelić
• Sanela Spahović
• Fahrudin Ahmetbegović
• Samir Ruznić
• Dragan Suvak
• Aleksandar Zurovac

See also

• List of Yugoslavian films
• List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Sjecas li se Dolly Bell at IMDb