1984 Yugoslavia film
| In the Jaws of Life | |
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 Cover of the Facets Video VHS release | |
| Directed by | Rajko Grlić |
| Written by | Rajko Grlić Dubravka Ugrešić |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tomislav Pinter |
| Edited by | Živka Toplak |
| Music by | Brane Živković |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-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.
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...
References
- "Štefica Cvek premijerno na kazališnim daskama". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 3 April 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- In the Jaws of Life at Filmski-Programi.hr (in Croatian)
External links
| Films directed by Rajko Grlić | |
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| Never released to theatres. |
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