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  • 2006
  • Doors Art Foundation
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2006
  • Doors Art Foundation
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary A young widow, an aging immigrant who has returned home from Germany, and a priest from a bankrupt parish are struggling to come to terms with the post-war environment, complete with its prejudices, illusions, and unpleasant mentality. What follows is a powerful, poignant romantic comedy set in rough landscape, about a woman who falls in...

Directed By: Hrvoje Hribar

Written By: Renato Baretic, Ivica Ivanisevic, Ante Tomic, Hrvoje Hribar

  • 2006
  • Doors Art Foundation
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2006
  • Doors Art Foundation
  • 1 h 49 m

Sto je muskarac bez brkova?

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Summary A young widow, an aging immigrant who has returned home from Germany, and a priest from a bankrupt parish are struggling to come to terms with the post-war environment, complete with its prejudices, illusions, and unpleasant mentality. What follows is a powerful, poignant romantic comedy set in rough landscape, about a woman who falls in...

Directed By: Hrvoje Hribar

Written By: Renato Baretic, Ivica Ivanisevic, Ante Tomic, Hrvoje Hribar

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
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75
Sardonic and steeped in the tumultuous history of the former Yugoslavia, this absurdist comedy of contemporary mores can be appreciated even without intimate knowledge of its specific cultural context.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
70
This pleasant if inconsequential romantic comedy from the Croatian director Hrvoje Hribar is distinguished by its good-natured sensibility and rowdy, slightly fabulous tone: a kind of Eastern European magic realism, without the magic.
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Director Hrvoje Hribar gives a lively professional look to this good-humored film.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
60
Hribar's film is not remarkable or ingenious in its creation of ethnic gusto and peripheral naturalism, but it's adept enough for a pass on M:i:III.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
50
The humor loses momentum as the cleric shuns her advances, and the action grows frenetic following the arrival of his twin brother, a macho general.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company FIZ d.o.o., Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT), Hrvatski Filmski Savez (HFS), Vizija SFT
Release Date May 25, 2006
Duration 1 h 49 m
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Website http://www.stojemuskaracbezbrkova.com/
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Awards

Pula Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sarajevo Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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