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It's Hard to Be Nice (2007)
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Original name: Teško je biti fin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Story about a forty-something Sarajevo taxi driver named Fudo (Saša Petrović) who decides to take control of his own destiny. Fudo doesn't earn much, so he supplements his income by offering tips to the local criminal syndicate and turning a blind eye to their nefarious dealings. One day, after offering a particularly bad bit of advice to a violent gangster, Fudo is badly beaten. When Fudo's wife Azra (Daria Lorenci) discovers what has happened, she decides to take the couple's infant son and move out. Now determined to win his wife back and restore peace in the home, Fudo decides to go straight. But cleaning up his act isn't going to be easy, because after borrowing enough cash from black market dealer Sejo (Emir Hadžihafizbegović) to purchase a van and then refusing to aid him in any underhanded dealings, the only person willing to cut him any slack is the sympathetic Azra.
Style:
realistic, crime drama, emotional, tragicomedy, independent film, dark comedy, islamic
Plot:
taxi driver, redemption, working class, family drama, moral dilemma, moral transformation, corruption, organized crime, debt, urban, determination, black market, loan shark, regret, social realism, intimate, violence, betrayal, post war, parenthood, bittersweet, hopes, slow burn, feeling, criminal ...
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
bosnia, sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Turkey, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, emotional, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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