THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Film Info

North Macedonia 2022 | 95 min. Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska

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THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Synopsis

Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.

Cast & Crew

Director

Teona Strugar Mitevska
Screenwriter

Elma Tataragic, Teona Strugar Mitevska
Director of photography

Virginie Saint-Martin
Main Cast

Jelena Kordic Kuret (Asja), Adnan Omerovic (Zoran)
Casting

Timka Grin
Editor (Cut)

Per K. Kirkegaard
Sound

Viktor Grabar, Ingrid Simon, Kristoffer Salting
Production Design

Vuk Mitevski
Costume Design

Monika Lorber
Makeup

Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska

Director's comment

What defines us: our ethnicity, religion, gender? What divide us or unite us? This is a story about precariousness of life, the chance encounters bringing together the aggressor and the victim, reviving the painful past; this is a story of impossible connections, of love and absurdity. The film starts as a humor driven excursion and develops into a mountain of experiences. The natural rhythm is primordial and it’s tightly connected to the human inquiry techniques while seeking truth after violence. I see this film as a symphony of choreographed movements unpacking layers of emotions that slowly entangle the viewer to a point of vertigo like state. Location is essential: an 80’s style hotel, a witness to Ex-Yugoslav architectural style: concrete brutalism or modernism, and then there is the injured city of Sarajevo, a testament to open wounds and past pains.