Life Is a Miracle

Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.

Cast

Slavko Štimac

as Luka Đurić

Nataša Tapušković

as Sabaha

Vesna Trivalić

as Jadranka Đurić

Vuk Kostić

as Miloš Đurić

Aleksandar Berček

as Veljo

Stribor Kusturica

as Kapetan Aleksić

Mirjana Karanović

as Nada

Nikola Kojo

as Filipović

Branislav Lalević

as President

Davor Janjić

as Tomo

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