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The Meeting Point
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Wikipedia article
'The Meeting Point' ('Sabirni centar') is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Markovi and starring Rade Markovi, Bogdan Dikli, Dragan Nikoli, Mirjana Karanovi and Anica Dobra. It is based on Duan Kovaevi's play of the same title translated in the U.S. as 'The Gathering Place'.
Plot
An archaeological team, digging in a remote village and led by an old professor, unearths an old Roman artifact, a gravestone bearing some mysterious inscriptions. After realizing that they have stumbled upon something precious, the professor collapses with a heart attack. Seemingly dead for people around him, he finds himself in a sort of afterlife state and realizes that the stone marked a passage into the classical underworld so he starts mingling with the antique spirits of the dead. The spirits themselves appear just as silly and petty as the peasants from the village above them, and in their desire to see what happened to their descendants, they find themselves surprised by the modern world of the living.
Cast
* Rade Markovi - Profesor Misa
* Bogdan Dikli - Petar
* Dragan Nikoli - Janko
* Olivera Markovi - Angelina
* Danilo Stojkovi - Simeun
* Aleksandar Berek - Ivan
* Radmila ivkovi - Lepa
* Mirjana Karanovi - Jelena Katic
* Dusan Kostovski - Marko
* Anica Dobra - Milica
* Branko Plea - Doktor Katic
* Goran Danii - Keser
* Kole Angelovski - Macak
Production
Movie scenes of 'The Meeting Point' filmed in Gamzigrad, and several actors of them actually went to Tunisia where they filmed scenes from the desert and the ruins of a Roman city 'Dougga'. Catacombs from 'Labyrinth' are made in a studio in Koutnjak.
Awards
At the 1989 Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslavian version of the Academy Awards), the film won the Big Golden Arena awards for Best Film, 'Best Screenplay' (Duan Kovaevi) and 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' (Radmila ivkovi).
References
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