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At a small border-post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border, yet another generation of soldiers suffering the usual amount of boredom awaits the end of their service, counting days to the moment when they should take their uniforms off for good. However, when their liuetenant is secretly diagnosed with siphilis, he decides to keep them at their positions in order to ensure a safe and secretive treatment by the medic, inventing a fictional military conflict as a means to keeping them in line.

Data di uscita
2006-03-20
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (43)
Durata
1 h 34 min
Generi
Commedia, Dramma, Romance, Guerra
Regista
Rajko Grlić

Cast

Curiosità

The Border Post is a 2006 comedy-drama produced in international cooperation between the countries of former Yugoslavia and directed by Rajko Grlić. It is based on Ante Tomić's novel Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi.

Background and production

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, The Border Post was the first film made in co-production with all the former republics, as well as a company from Hungary, the United Kingdom, and Austria. The film was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Culture of Croatia, the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, the Film Fund from Slovenia, Macedonian Radi…

The screenplay, written by Rajko Grlić and Ante Tomić, is based on Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi, Tomić's 2003 novel, with some minor changes. From the early 1980s, the plot was moved to 1987, the advanced stage of Serb-Albanian conflict and the beginning of Slobodan Milošević's era. Second lieutenant Pašić's character, originally an ethnic Hungarian, was changed to Bosniak in order to accommodate for Emir Hadžihafizbegović.

The film was shot at authentic locations in Bitola and the Galičica National Park above Lake Ohrid. The filming lasted from 10 May 2005 to 6 July 2005.

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