Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Srđan Koljević
Fotografia / Photography: Goran Volarević
Montaggio / Editing: Marko Glušac
Musica / Music: Miško Plavi
Suono / Sound: Ognjen Popić
Scenografia / Art Director: Nevena Ristić
Costumi / Costume Designer: Nebojša Lipanović
Interpreti / Cast: Srđan Todorović, Aleksandra Balmazović, Boris Milivojević, Milorad Mandić, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Dubravko Jovanović
Produzione / Produced by: Komuna
Coproduzione / Co-produced by: E-motion Film, Thoke Moebius Film Company
Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia, Film Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Hessen Invest Fund
Belgrade, June 1991, last day of peace in Yugoslavia. Ratko, a Bosnian guy, can’t get a driving licence, because he is totally colour-blind. So he steals a truck for a joyride. Belgrade city girl Suzana discovers she is pregnant and decides to take off to Dubrovnik. She hitchhikes, he picks her up, they end up travelling together. Ethnic war is imminent – but the colour-blind ‘moron’ and the hot-tempered city girl cannot distinguish the differences among the opposing groups. When they get deeper into trouble, Suzana wants to go back home; Ratko, in love, wants to take her to Italy, but it’s too late, there is no way back… Srđan Koljević’s debut, in competition at the Trieste FF in 2005, the film received in 2004 the FIPRESCI Award at the Warsaw Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Mannheim Film Festival in Germany.
“A Balkan road-movie, set on the last day of ex-Yugoslavia, combines drama, comedy and romance in the form of an offbeat love story… A simple movie at a first glance. On a deeper level, colour-blindness as one of the ‘autistic’ main character’s features and his colour-blind ‘philosophy of life’ are a metaphor and a mockery of the ethnic divisions which led to war. I believe that this deeply personal film offers an unusual and ironic view of serious issues.” (S. Koljević)
Srđan Koljević (1966-2023)
Director and screenwriter Srdjan Koljević, was born in 1966 in Sarajevo. He then moved to Belgrade, where he graduated in screenwriting from the Academy of Dramatic Arts and where he later taught. Writer and cowriter of several feature films, all national hits and winners of international awards, including Janez Burger’s film, in competition this year at the Trieste FF. He passed away in July 2023.
2004 Sivi kamion crvene boje (Red Coloured Grey Truck); Premi / Awards: Warsaw IFF – Premio FIPRESCI / FIPRESCI Prize; Sofia IFF – Premio speciale della giuria / Special Jury Award; Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF – Menzione speciale, Premio del pubblico / Special Mention, Audience Award 2010 Žena sa slomljenim nosom (The Woman with a Broken Nose); Premi / Awards: Zurich FF – Miglior lungometraggio internazionale / Best International Feature Film 2015 Branio sam Mladu Bosnu (The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip) serie TV / TV Series
