In the Jaws of Life

1984 film
CinematographyTomislav PinterEdited byŽivka ToplakMusic byBrane Živković
Release date
  • 4 April 1984 (1984-04-04)
Running time
95 minutesCountryYugoslaviaLanguageSerbo-Croatian

In the Jaws of Life (Croatian: U raljama života) is a 1984 Yugoslav film directed by Rajko Grlić. It is based on a novel by Dubravka Ugrešić.[1]

The film was released on VHS in the United States by Facets Video in November 1998.

Plot

Dunja (Gorica Popović), a television director is editing a TV series about Štefica Cvek (Vitomira Lončar), an introverted and unassuming office worker who lives in a world of romance novels and women's magazines, seeking out for a real man. Dunja's relationship with Sale (Miodrag Krivokapić), a literary critic and party ideologue, is facing a crisis, so she finds herself in a situation similar to that of her on-screen protagonist...[2]

References

  1. ^ "Štefica Cvek premijerno na kazališnim daskama". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 3 April 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ In the Jaws of Life at Filmski-Programi.hr (in Croatian)

External links

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