''Summer in the Golden Valley'' ( Bosnian: ''Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini'') is a 2003

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n film by

Srđan Vuletić Srđan Vuletić (born 1971) is a Bosnian filmmaker. Personal life Vuletić was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and attended school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of eighteen he enrolled the Academy of Performing Arts ...

, produced by

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. The movie is about a 16-year-old boy who has to repay his dead father's debt. In order to collect money, his friend and he get involved in

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's underground crime.

Plot

At the traditional Muslim funeral service for his father, Fikret Varupa a sixteen-year-old boy from Sarajevo, learns that his father owes money to Hamid, a man he does not even know. The debt is considerable and Hamid does not want it to go to the grave with the body, so the debt automatically passes from the father to the son. Since in Bosnia this way of collecting debts, at a funeral, is considered to be utterly humiliating, it is never, ever applied. Fikret and his entire family become subjects of ridicule. Fikret, who is practically still a child, is decisive to "redeem his father's soul". Wishing to repay his father's debt and to secure the forgiveness, Fikret wanders into the real world of Sarajevo, the world that is ruled by post-war chaos, misery and poverty and becomes an ideal target for two corrupted policemen who wish to "help" him: they plant the kidnapped girl on him.

Cast

*Haris Sijarić as Fikret * Svetozar Cvetković as Ramiz *Kemal Čebo as Tiki * Zana Marjanović as Sara * Emir Hadžihafizbegović as Hamid * Aleksandar Seksan as Cico * Sadžida Šetić as Majka *Admir Glamočak as Klupa *Dragan Jovičić as Jasmin *Saša Petrović as Shopkeeper *Ðani Jaha as Špico *

Miraj Grbić Miraj Grbić (born 17 July 1976) is a Bosnian–American film, television and theater actor. Biography Grbić graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo, Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo at the University of Sarajevo, where he ...

as Ćupo *Maja Salkić as Air Hostess #1 *Amar Bektešević as Child actor *Dženana Nikšić as Selma * Senad Bašić as Ispijeni * Ermin Sijamija as Mister BH *

Moamer Kasumović Moamer Kasumović (Cyrillic: Моамер Касумовић; born 12 December 1981) is a Bosnian actor and producer born in Montenegro. He gained recognition for portraying the role of Damir Fazlinović in the sitcom '' Lud, zbunjen, normalan'' ...

as Boy sitting on bench #2

Awards and nominations

Wins

*Bermuda International Film Festival - Jury Prize - 2004 *Golden Iris - Brussels European Film Festival - 2004 *Tiger Award - Rotterdam International Film Festival - 2004 *MovieZone Award - Rotterdam International Film Festival - 2004 *Sofia International Film Festival - Special Jury Award - 2004 *Sofia International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize - 2004

Nominations

*Sofia International Film Festival - Grand Prix - 2004 * Sarajevo Film Festival - The Heart of Sarajevo (Best Film Award)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film, released as ''Zlatna Dolina'', was compiled by

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External links

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