The Happiest Man in the World
COMPETITION · CO-PRODUCTION · FICTION
2022 · 95 min · colour · DOLBY SRD · DCP · 1:1,85
Bosnian with Slovenian and English subtitles. Co-funded by the Slovenian Film Centre.
| PRODUCER | LABINA MITEVSKA |
| CO-PRODUCER | DANIJEL HOČEVAR |
| CO-PRODUCTION | VERTIGO (SI), SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI (MK), ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP (BE), FRAU FILM (DK), TERMINAL 3 (HR), SCCA/PRO.BA (BA) |
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.
| DIRECTED BY | TEONA STRUGAR MITEVSKA |
| WRITTEN BY | TEONA STRUGAR MITEVSKA, ELMA TATARAGIĆ |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | VIRGINIE SAINT MARTIN |
| EDITED BY | PER K. KIRKEGAARD |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | VUK MITEVSKI |
| COSTUME DESIGN | MONIKA LORBER |
| SOUND DESIGN | INGRID SIMON |
| MAKEUP ARTIST | MOJCA GOROGRANC PETRUSHEVSKA |
| CAST | JELENA KORDIĆ KURET (ASJA), ADNAN OMEROVIĆ (ZORAN), LABINA MITEVSKA (MARTA), ANA KOSTOVSKA (MERSIHA) |
Director’s statement:
»What defines us: our ethnicity, religion, gender? What divides us or unites us? This is a story about precariousness of life, about chance encounters that bring together the aggressor and the victim, reviving the painful past; this is a story of impossible connections, of love and absurdity.«
