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The Dog Who Loved Trains

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The Dog Who Loved Trains
Directed byGoran Paskaljević
Written byGordan Mihić
StarringSvetlana Bojković
Irfan Mensur
Bata Živojinović
Pavle Vuisić
Danilo Stojković
Ljiljana Jovanović
CinematographyAleksandar Petković
Edited byOlga Skrigin
Music byZoran Hristić
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

The Dog Who Loved Trains (Serbo-Croatian: Pas koji je voleo vozove, Serbian Cyrillic: Пас који је волео возове), is a 1977 Yugoslav film directed by Goran Paskaljević.

The film was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978.[1]

The plot revolves around three completely different people - a girl who escapes from prison, a former movie stuntman who imitates Western scenes in the province, and a young man who believes in friendship and love. They meet and part ways in search of their own imagined worlds.[2]

Plot

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A girl, Mika, is in prison for minor smuggling, which shatters her dreams of going to Paris. However, during the transportation of prisoners for forced labor, she manages to escape, which encourages her once again to pursue the trip. Without money and an identity, she is forced to accept the help of a former movie stuntman who travels through the provinces in cowboy attire with a horse and donkey, performing scenes from Western movies. On their journey, they meet an unemployed young man with no family who aimlessly roams, searching for his long-lost dog. The young man becomes attached to Mika, and together they flee from the stuntman and go to Belgrade, where he helps her obtain a fake passport so she can finally see Paris.

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Legacy

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The Yugoslav Film Archive, in accordance with its authorities under the Law on Cultural Heritage, declared one hundred Serbian feature films (1911-1999) as cultural heritage of great importance on December 28, 2016. The Dog Who Loved Trains is also included in this list.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pas koji je voleo vozove (1977) - Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Pas koji je voleo vozove". www.filmovi.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  3. ^ "Pas koji je voleo vozove". Centar Film (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. ^ "Сто српских играних филмова (1911-1999) проглашених за културно добро од великог значаја". www.kinoteka.org.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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