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AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER (EPIZODA U ZIVOTU BERACA ZELJEZA)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, FRANCE, and french speaking territories
Local title : LA FEMME DU FERRAILLEUR  ;  Release date : Feb 26, 2014
 
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Completed - BOSNIAN - Drama - 74 minutes

Log Line

A humble man desperately tries to save his partner's life when she is callously denied much-needed treatment for a miscarriage... A critical social commentary from the award-winning director of CIRKUS COLUMBIA and NO MAN'S LAND (Oscar & Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film).

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Danis TANOVIĆ
Writer(s) : Danis TANOVIĆ
Cast : Senada ALIMANOVIĆ, Nazif MUJIĆ, Sandra MUJIĆ, Šemsa MUJIĆ

Producer(s) : Amra BAKŠIĆ ČAMO, Cedomir KOLAR, Danijel HOČEVAR

Synopsis

Nazif barely makes ends meet as an iron picker to support his family. He searches daily for scrap metal while his partner Senada tends to their home and their two young daughters. A third baby is on the way.
After a long day's work, Nazif finds Senada laid up in pain. The following day, he borrows a car to drive her to the nearest clinic. The diagnosis is that Senada has miscarried and is still carrying her dead five-month old fetus. The condition is critical and Senada needs immediate treatment at a faraway city hospital.
Because she does not have a state-provided health insurance card, the hospital requests that Senada pay 980 Bosnian marks (500 euros), a fortune for a modest iron picker. Despite Nazif's begging, Senada is denied the crucial surgery and forced to return home to their Roma community in central Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For the next 10 days, Nazif will do everything he can to try and save Senada's life - desperately searching for more scrap metal, seeking help from state institutions... For the next 10 days, Nazif and Senada will be fully exposed to the callousness of contemporary society.

Production

Country(ies) : BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BELGIUM Feb 12, 2014 CINEMIEN (BELGI
BOSNIA AND OBALA ART CENTA
BRAZIL ZETA FILMES
FRANCE Feb 26, 2014 ZOOTROPE FILMS
GERMANY Oct 10, 2013 DREI-FREUNDE FI
HUNGARY VERTIGO MEDIA L
JAPAN BITTERS END, IN
NETHERLAND Mar 27, 2014 CINEMIEN (NETHE
POLAND SPECTATOR
ROMANIA TRANSILVANIA FI
SPAIN Feb 21, 2014 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWITZERLAN TRIGON-FILM
TURKEY Dec 20, 2013 ISTANBUL FILM F
UNITED KIN Apr 25, 2014 NEW WAVE FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2013 Competition
Toronto - TIFF 2013 Contemporary World Cinema


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