All in all, a group of very talented actors of a certain generation at work, and a tough and gritty piece of film making, which manages to be ominously dark (the amusement park flashback sequences are hauntingly disturbing), but also nostalgic, clinically sobering and mordantly humorous at the same time, whilst steering clear of pro-Serbian propaganda, opting instead, as another user correctly pointed out, for a sort-of-pro-Yugoslav one. The acting too is superb - a brilliant episode by Petar Bozovic (Sloba), a great turn from the main lead (Dragan Bjelogrlic, as Milan) - and a truly moving performance by Zoran Cvijanovic (Speedy, the self proclaimed 'unreformed drug addict currently getting anti drug war group therapy'). It's a big shame that non-Serbian speaking viewers cannot completely appreciate the spark and the breeziness of the dialogue, although the English subtitled translation is generally quite dextrous and does the best it can, by and large getting it right amidst very strong (sometimes amusingly so) language. It's a tense dramatic film that stays with you, long after it's over 10/10Īn extraordinary film in the best tradition of Serbian cinematography which itself has a proved track record stretching all the way back to and throughout the Yugoslav era, and the one that far outweights contributions from other former YU regions. See it to remind yourself of how sad and terrible war is. "Pretty Village Pretty Flame" is one of the best and underrated war films of all time. Emotional accordion music plays in the background, as the brutal nature of war is shown in a way a Hollywood film would never be able to. Another image that haunts me even after the film has ended, is the scene where the ground is covered head to toe with dead corpses, including children. This has to be one of the saddest films I have ever seen. Although the film is told through the view of the Serbian side, No military act is justified.
"Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" is far from a typical Hollywood war film. There is so much in this film, that it is hard to describe unless you've seen it or understand the Bosnian conflict. From that point on the film grows more psychologically disturbing. His other friend, the professor comforts him and tries to convince him that revenge is not worth it. All he can think about is his mother and his family who is dead, and his fellow comrade who is almost dead. Even when Mulan is in the hospital and can hardly move from injuries, he is still hellbent on killing a Bosnian soldier who is in the next room over. The film is very realistic, but at the same time manages to throw in some dark comedy. A medical supply truck driven by a recovering junkie gets trapped in the cave also with a female American journalist who is hidden inside. Mulan remembers the good times with Halil, before the war broke out. All grown up and in the heat of battle, Milan and his squad hide from the Muslims in that particular tunnel, only to be trapped there for days in a grueling stand off between the Serbs and Muslims. Both friends as children are afraid to go into a tunnel, for they fear an ogre lives in there. Then we are forced to move unto the present where peace is far from any mindset. During the celebration the man cuts his finger instead of the ribbon. One of the films images which stands out in my mind, is the beginning with the opening of the 1980 peace tunnel.
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The movie is shown out of sequence, so we see Milan in the hospital, and through the various flashbacks we witness what got him to the hospital. They are best friends, and we learn much about them through flashbacks in the story. Director Srdjan Dragojevic's Bosnian war film "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" is an amazing movie about two friends separated by the cost of war.
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