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Wikipedia article
'The Border Post' is a comedy-drama produced in international cooperation between the countries of the former Yugoslavia and directed by Rajko Grli. It was released in 2006.
Synopsis
A Yugoslav People's Army military border post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border in the late 1980s is thrown into disarray when its commander Safet Pai discovers he has syphilis which he contracted from a local prostitute. To conceal his infidelity from his wife, he raises the combat readiness with a fabricated story about an imminent Albanian attack to buy time until he can complete the three-week course of penicillin.
Although the leave is cancelled for all personnel, Pai secretly sends his doctor Sinia to transport his things from his home or to the barracks. There, Sinia meets Pai's wife Mirjana who is tired of her husband's military career. After several meetings they start a passionate affair.
Meanwhile, soldiers in the barracks reinforce their positions and try to spend their time. One of the soldiers, Ljuba Paunovi, pulls various pranks to be discharged from the army which causes frequent conflicts with Pai. In honor of deceased President Josip Broz Tito, (inspired by television coverage of the Relay of Youth), Paunovi volunteers to march hundreds of kilometers from the barracks to Tito's grave at the House of Flowers in Belgrade. He is then sent to the high command but once there, he says he never actually wanted to march, and that Lt. Pai had forced him. The high command decides to punish Pai and sends a group of soldiers to arrest him. On their way, Mirjana joins them to find out what is really happening with her husband.
The sentries at the border post see the approaching military vehicles which they mistake for the Albanian troops and open fire. The shots hit and mortally wound Mirjana, while Paunovi and Pai start begin a fight which leaves Pai dead.
The film ends with Sinia returning home, visibly shaken.
Cast
* Toni Gojanovi - Sinia Sirisevi
* Sergej Trifunovi - Ljuba Paunovi
* Emir Hadihafizbegovi - Lt. Safet Pai
* Verica Nedeska - Mirjana (Pai's wife)
* Bogdan Dikli - Col. Rade Orhideja
* Miodrag Fiekovi - Gvozdenovi
* Franjo Dijak - Budiak
* Petar Arsovski - Ilievski
* Tadej Troha - Lanisnik
* Zoran Ljutkov - Milo
* Igor Benina - Vladika
* Selim Sendul - Mica
* Elmedin Leleta - Hasan
* Hrvoje Keke - Miljenko
* Halid Beli - Singer
Background and production
The screenplay, written by Rajko Grli and Ante Tomi, is based on , Tomi's 2003 novel, with some minor changes. From the early 1980s, the plot was moved to 1987, the advanced stage of Serb-Albanian conflict and the beginning of Slobodan Miloevi's era. Second lieutenant Pai's character, originally an ethnic Hungarian, was changed to Bosniak in order to accommodate for Emir Hadihafizbegovi.
The film was shot between May and July 2005, on locations in Bitola, Ohrid, and Galiica mountain.https://www.culturenet.hr/default.aspx?id=7061
Awards
*Golden Arena, Pula International Film Festival-2006
*Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actor (Emir Hadihafizbegovi), Pula International Film Festival-2006
*Golden Dolphin, Troia International Film Festival-2007
*Best Director, Troia International Film Festival-2007
*Audience Award, Trieste International Film Festival-2007
*Film and Literature Award, Films by the Sea Festival-2007
References
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