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Hotel Boka

hotel-boka
Director:
Marija Perović
Writer:
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Maja Todorović, Marija Perović based on the play Boka Hotel by Stevo Koprivica
Producer:
Marija Perović
Genre:
Historical drama with music elements
Co-Producers:
Snežana von Hausweninger
Co-Production Companies:
This and That Production (Serbia); Mitropa (Croatia); Daniel Severa Production (Czech Republic); Blade Production (Slovenia)
Logline:
Through an untypical feminine life story and growing up of Ana, singer, sister, mistress, wife and mother, the film unfolds the groundbreaking historical and civilisation moments of the 20th century in both Montenegro and Europe. How to live a life through pinhole connecting with Hotel in Boka Bay where gorgeous hotel is symbol of western world, but all moments are symbol of Balkan masculine surrounding?
Synopsis:
Ana, a four year old girl is present at her mother's funeral, lighting candles. Her brother Triko (18, drummer) promises he will take care of her, but she is quiet difficult. Triko's bandmates - Mirko (18, clarinet player, illegitimate ), Tonel (16, flutist, guitar player ) and Ludwig (18, educated, pianist, Czech ) approach. They play music at the grave. Ana sings. It is the year 1913 and Ana is at the opening of Hotel Boka, Mirko's father is owner, who never accepted Mirko . At the grand opening, Ana meets young architect and engineer Tapavica, who built the hotel and who tells Ana a story about what makes the ideal that can be only achieved by great talents and in return become immortal. Ana grows up into that kind of talent, a girl with a rich and beautiful voice. However, on the road to achieve ideal of jazz music, wars, upthrovals and chaoses ensue. But also unhappy love with Djurkovic, communist who becomes a fascist, and who will be killed by Italians forces and Chetniks in the year of 1943. Ana marries Mirko, who accepts the child, but even at the end of World War II and beginning of communism, Ana can't find happiness, peace and herz minute. New political conflicts, death of her daughter that dies from TBC and medicine for causes Ana to change and become lonely. One day in the year of 1979, when old Ana sings again and finally finds her herz minute. However, that is the moment of the grand earthquake – an earthquake where Ana's beautiful voice and Hotel Boka will forever disappear.