Fuse (film)

2003 film

11 August 2003 (2003-08-11) (Locarno Film Festival)
28 April 2004 (2004-04-28)

Running time

105 minutesCountriesBosnia and HerzegovinaLanguagesBosnian, Serbian, English

Fuse (Bosnian: Gori vatra, "The Fire is Burning") is a Bosnian comedy/drama film directed by Pjer Žalica. It was released in 2003.

Synopsis

The plot takes place in the small town of Tešanj in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two years after the Bosnian War. The town is overridden by corruption, prostitution and organized crime. People of Tešanj live in peace, though the war scars are visible everywhere in town, as well as in people's souls. After the war, the population of Tešanj consists almost exclusively of Bosniaks. Ethnic Serbs now live in surrounding villages.

It is announced that U.S. president Bill Clinton will pay a visit to the town. Western bureaucrats arrive to Tešanj to supervise the preparations for the visit. Everything in the town must be in order, including the faked brotherhood between Bosniaks and Serbs.

Cast

Enis Bešlagić - Faruk
Bogdan Diklić - Zaim
Saša Petrović - Husnija
Izudin Bajrović - Mugdim
Emir Hadžihafizbegović - Stanko
Jasna Žalica - Hitka
Senad Bašić - Velija
Feđa Štukan - Adnan
Hubert Kramar - Supervisor
Admir Glamočak - Hamdo
Aleksandar Seksan - Pic
Almir Čehajić - Osman
Alban Ukaj - Glavar

Soundtrack

Bosnian folk singer Emina Zečaj recorded music for the film.^[1]

Awards

Silver Leopard, Locarno International Film Festival - 2003
Golden Star, Marrakech International Film Festival - 2003
Best First Feature, Sarajevo Film Festival - 2003

References

^ "Priča i pjeva u emisiji Četvrtkom o kulturi". Radio Sarajevo. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

Official website
Fuse at IMDb

Films directed by Ademir Kenović

Feature films

A Little Bit of Soul (1987)
Kuduz (1989)
The Perfect Circle (1997)
Secret Passage (2004)

Documentaries

Čovjek, Bog, Monstrum (1994)

v t e Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film
Breaking the Waves (1996) My Life in Pink (1997) I Stand Alone (1998) December 1–31 (1999) Bleeder (2000) No Man's Land (2001) Saturday (2002) Fuse (2003) Mila from Mars (2004) Lady Zee (2005) Fraulein (2006) Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2007) Buick Riviera (2008) Ordinary People (2009) Tilva Roš (2010) Breathing (2011) Everybody in Our Family (2012) In Bloom (2013) Song of My Mother (2014) Mustang (2015) Album (2016) Scary Mother (2017) Ága (2018) Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019) Exile (2020) Great Freedom (2021) Safe Place (2022) Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023)

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film

Breaking the Waves (1996)
My Life in Pink (1997)
I Stand Alone (1998)
December 1–31 (1999)
Bleeder (2000)
No Man's Land (2001)
Saturday (2002)
Fuse (2003)
Mila from Mars (2004)
Lady Zee (2005)
Fraulein (2006)
Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2007)
Buick Riviera (2008)
Ordinary People (2009)
Tilva Roš (2010)
Breathing (2011)
Everybody in Our Family (2012)
In Bloom (2013)
Song of My Mother (2014)
Mustang (2015)
Album (2016)
Scary Mother (2017)
Ága (2018)
Take Me Somewhere Nice (2019)
Exile (2020)
Great Freedom (2021)
Safe Place (2022)
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023)

v t e Marrakech International Film Festival Award for Grand prix
Inch'Allah Dimanche (2001) Go (2002) Gori vatra (2003) Sideways (2004) Saratan (2005) The Red Cockatoo (2006) Autumn Ball (2007) Wild Field (2008) Norteado (2009) The Journals of Musan (2010) Out of Bounds (2011) The Attack / Taboor (2012) Han Gong-ju (2013) Corrections Class (2014) Very Big Shot (2015) The Donor (2016) Joy (2018) Valley of Souls (2019) A Tale of Shemroon (2022)

Marrakech International Film Festival Award for Grand prix

Inch'Allah Dimanche (2001)
Go (2002)
Gori vatra (2003)
Sideways (2004)
Saratan (2005)
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Autumn Ball (2007)
Wild Field (2008)
Norteado (2009)
The Journals of Musan (2010)
Out of Bounds (2011)
The Attack / Taboor (2012)
Han Gong-ju (2013)
Corrections Class (2014)
Very Big Shot (2015)
The Donor (2016)
Joy (2018)
Valley of Souls (2019)
A Tale of Shemroon (2022)

v t e Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Awkward Age (1994) No Man's Land (2001) Fuse (2003) Days and Hours (2004) Totally Personal (2005) Grbavica (2006) It's Hard to Be Nice (2007) Snow (2008) Night Guards (2009) Cirkus Columbia (2010) Belvedere (2011) Children of Sarajevo (2012) An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) With Mum (2014) Our Everyday Life (2015) Death in Sarajevo (2016) Men Don't Cry (2017) Never Leave Me (2018) The Son (2019) Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) The White Fortress (2021) A Ballad (2022) Excursion (2023)

Bosnian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film