Neka ostane medju nama (2010)

Director:

Rajko Grlic

Writers:

Rajko Grlic (written by)
Ante Tomic (written by)

Release Date:

9 March 2010 (Slovenia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways...

Plot Keywords:

Infidelity | Painter | Dentist | Prostate | Embezzlement

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Miki Manojlovic	...	Nikola
Bojan Navojec	...	Braco
Ksenija Marinkovic	...	Marta
Daria Lorenci	...	Anamarija
Natasa Dorcic	...	Latica
Nina Ivanisin	...	Davorka
Buga Simic	...	Maja
Zivko Anocic	...	Nino
Kresimir Mikic	...	Jura
Ivana Roscic	...	Tamara
Helena Buljan	...	Lada
Nikola Crcek	...	Luka
Dora Polic	...	Milka
Miljenko Brlecic	...	Dr. Skegro
Iva Mihalic	...	Divna
Vida Jerman	...	Konobarica
Dejan Acimovic	...	Celavi
Vanja Drach	...	Matko
Marija Horvat	...	Bolnicarka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Iva Martinovic Butina	...	Beba
Neven Duzevic	...	Gitarist
Tomislav Istok	...	Violinist
Milan Mesic	...	Harmonikas
Lordan Zafranovic	...	Plesac (uncredited)

Directed by
Rajko Grlic

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rajko Grlic		written by
Ante Tomic		written by

Produced by
Zoran Cvijanovic	....	co-producer
Rajko Grlic	....	co-producer
Milko Josifov	....	co-producer
Dunja Klemenc	....	co-producer
Igor Nola	....	producer
Vanja Sutlic	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alan Bjelinski
Alfi Kabiljo

Cinematography by
Slobodan Trninic

Film Editing by
Andrija Zafranovic

Production Design by
Ivo Husnjak

Set Decoration by
Zeljko Luter

Costume Design by
Blanka Budak

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jan Zalar	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Vjeko Bosnjak	....	props

Sound Department
Adam Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gareth Rhys Jones	....	foley artist
Serkan Koseoglu	....	sound editor
Andrea Kurpjel	....	sound facility manager
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	supervising sound editor
Nemanja Novicic	....	sound recordist
Nenad Vukadinovic	....	sound recordist
Sacha Walker	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Branko Repalust	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Aldo Toncic	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Sasa Agoston	....	video operator
Petar Bogoeski	....	gaffer
Nikola Predovic	....	still photographer
Marko Vrdoljak	....	second assistant camera

Other crew
Vlaho Krile	....	location manager
Majda Pilat	....	production accountant
Nada Pinter	....	script supervisor
Tanja Prpic	....	production secretary
Petra Vidmar	....	production accountant: for slovenan co-producer

Thanks
Bogdan Diklic	....	special thanks
Dusko Valentic	....	special thanks
Ivica Vidovic	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Mainframe Productions
• Yodi Movie Craftsman
• Studio Maj
• Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) (support)
• Eurimages (support)

Distributors

• Kanibal Films Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Hollydan Works (2010) (Serbia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Point1Post  sound re-recording
• Zound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Just Between Us" - International (English title)
"Családban marad" - Hungary
"Juste entre nous" - France (imdb display title)
"Miedzy nami" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Rak beyneynu" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Croatia | Serbia | Slovenia

Language:

Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Dolac Market, Zagreb, Croatia

Company:

Mainframe Productions

Fine mix of comedy and drama, served in a contemporary urban story of love, intrigues, secrets...

After his excellent come back in director's seat with his previous feature film Karaula, aka "The Border Post", in 2006, writer and director Rajko Grlić has come up with another decent, skilfully crafted movie, co-written with Ante Tomić, pretty fruitful writer whose novels, including Karaula, have been adapted for screenplays and turned to films before.

Miki Manojlović, a well known Serbian actor who came to wider international recognition through his numerous roles in movies of Emir Kusturica (When Father Was Away on Business; Underground; Black Cat, White Cat...), here in the leading role as Nikola, Nina Ivanišin, a young Slovenian actress remarkable in her previous movie, Slovenian Girl, here in the small supporting role as Davorka, and a number of reliable Croatian actors: Bojan Navojec (Braco), Ksenija Marinković (Marta), Darija Lorenci (Anamarija), Nataša Dorčić (Latica), Krešimir Mikić (Jura)... are the principal protagonists of this indiscreet story about (as mentioned in movie ads) "whirls of erotic passion smoldering underneath the quiet and stagnant surface of bourgeois everyday life and habits". In the city of Zagreb, portrayed against the backdrop of a modern-day family crises, we're witnessing some unpleasant secrets in its prominent families, wicked happenings rather gracefully elided then unmasked, albeit not less painful to live with.

We learn about lives of two brothers, whose father's demise, that opens the movie, is cleverly used to set the tone of the story. Instead of being saddened by the occasion, we're shortly bemused and before long amused, subsequently learning about the life of locally renowned painter (portrayed by veteran actor Vanja Drach), apparently notorious for lusting over his models and seducing them. His sons seem to follow faithfully in his footsteps. We meet their wives and lovers, get to know their children growing up not knowing who their father is... When Nikola's niece, uncertain of the identity of her real father, having her doubts further fuelled by the lines from uncle's old love letters written to her mother, curiously asks whether he's the one, in probably the funniest dialogue delivery Nikola avoids the answer, ironically, suddenly too prude for the lewd, moralizing that reading private letters of others isn't nice.

"Everything is mixed up here in double lives, parallel relationships in this bittersweet story about relentless quest for love and happiness, about lust that never sleeps and possible awful consequences of finding oneself, even if only accidentally, in somebody's else bed". Overindulgence in constant plotting and scheming eventually becomes amusing, when not sad and tragic. Ultimately, should they ever resurface from their densely interwoven intrigues, everybody has to compromise, giving up something and putting up with all kinds of inconvenience, in order to somehow go on with their little-big lies 'n' lives. All is well served in a fine story balancing between comedy and drama.