''Život sa stricem'' (My Uncle's Legacy) is a 1988 Yugoslavian

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directed by

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, starring

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, Alma Prica, Miodrag Krivokapić, Branislav Lečić,

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and Ivo Gregurević. It is based on ''Okvir za mržnju'', a novel by Ivan Aralica.

Plot

Overview

"In the story, Martin is a schoolboy with a sense of the absurd and a willingness to use ridicule to amuse himself and his classmates. He has an uncle who is high up in the nation’s bureaucracy who protects him and his grandfather now that his father has died. His grandfather is too stubborn to give his farm to the local farming collective, and Martin himself is in hot water with the principal for making fun of his girlfriend, one of the students at the high school. However, as long as the uncle is able to protect them, they remain out of hot water."

Cast

Awards

The film won the ''Golden Arena for Best Film'' at the 1988 Pula Festival of Yugoslav Film, along with the ''Golden Gate of Pula'' Audience Award, and was later nominated for the 1990

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. The film was also selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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