Buick Riviera (film)
Encyclopedia
Buick Riviera is a 2009 drama film
by director Goran Rušinović
. It was awarded the "Heart of Sarajevo" award as the Best Film at the 2008 Sarajevo Film Festival
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behind the wheel of his Buick Riviera
. Surrounding everything that Hasan loves is a prejudiced world afraid of a culture they cannot understand and a religion they cannot comprehend. Hasan is a quiet man, who stands distant from his beliefs, however it is these beliefs that inevitability lead to his untimely death.
On the way to pick up his wife, from work at the Hospital, he falls asleep at the wheel of his Buick and runs it off the road, lodging in the snow. He is discovered by Vuko Salipur, who stops and approaches Hasan and the accident with extreme caution, armed with a gun. They both immediately recognise that they are from the same country and both understand the irony of a Bosnian stopping to help in a country full of all different races and colours.
Despite their similar background it soon becomes clear that Muslim Hasan and non-Muslim Vuko are very different. Their continuing interaction results in ever increasing tension between them, ultimately with tragic consequences.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
by director Goran Rušinović
Goran Rušinović
Goran Rušinović is an award-winning Croatian film director and screenwriter.After graduating from the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Rušinović went on to enrol at the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark in 1993, where he directed his first short film titled Kilo of Shrimp...
. It was awarded the "Heart of Sarajevo" award as the Best Film at the 2008 Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
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Plot
Hasan Hujdur is a 42-year-old Muslim from Bosnia living in America, who finds utopiaUtopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...
behind the wheel of his Buick Riviera
Buick Riviera
The Riviera by Buick is an automobile produced by Buick in the United States from the 1963 to 1999 model years, with 1,127,261 produced.A full-size coupé or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists and writers.A common...
. Surrounding everything that Hasan loves is a prejudiced world afraid of a culture they cannot understand and a religion they cannot comprehend. Hasan is a quiet man, who stands distant from his beliefs, however it is these beliefs that inevitability lead to his untimely death.
On the way to pick up his wife, from work at the Hospital, he falls asleep at the wheel of his Buick and runs it off the road, lodging in the snow. He is discovered by Vuko Salipur, who stops and approaches Hasan and the accident with extreme caution, armed with a gun. They both immediately recognise that they are from the same country and both understand the irony of a Bosnian stopping to help in a country full of all different races and colours.
Despite their similar background it soon becomes clear that Muslim Hasan and non-Muslim Vuko are very different. Their continuing interaction results in ever increasing tension between them, ultimately with tragic consequences.
Accolades
- Best Screenplay. Pula Film Festival 2008. Golden Arena.
- Heart of Sarajevo. Sarajevo Film FestivalSarajevo Film FestivalThe Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
2008. - Best Actor. Slavko Stimac. Leon Lucey. Sarajevo Film Festival 2008.