THE MELON ROUTE

Branko SCHMIDT

Synopsis

For the local mafia, Mirko smuggles people over the river Sava, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian border, to the West. His overloaded boat capsizes, and the smuggled Chinese people in it drown. Only a young Chinese woman survives, and Mirko decides to hide her. Under her influence, Mirko experiences a change in life. But the Chinese woman is a witness and the mafia kidnaps her with the help of the head of the local police, who is Mirko's uncle...

Comments & awards :

2006 - Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival - GOLDEN ANTIGONE
2006 - Asian Cinema at the 17th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)
2006 - GRAND PRIX / FIRST PRIZE - DUBROVNIK FILM
2007 - Goteborg Film festival - Official selection
2006 - PULA - CROATIA: “Oktavijan”- The best domestic film in 2006.
2007 - Cleveland International Film Festival- Grand Prix for the Estern European film Competition
2007 - GRAND PRIX and MAIN AWARD FOR ACTOR Kreso Mikic - Tetouan, Marocco
2007 - DRAKE International Film Festival
2008 - BEST DIRECTOR - Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival

Principal cast :

Kresimir MIKIC
SUN MEI

Technical details :

Title : THE MELON ROUTE
Original title : PUT LUBENICA
Director(s) : Branko SCHMIDT
Sound editor : Mladen PERKAN
Editor(s) : Vesna LAZETA
Screenwriter(s) : Branko SCHMIDT
Composer(s) : Miroslav ŠKORO
Length : 90
Format : Film
Gender : Drame
Screen ratio : 2 : 35 scope
Sound : DTS
Language spoken : CROATE
Subtitled in : Anglais
Country of Origin : Croatia
Year of Production : 2006
Production Company : TELEFILM
Domestic release : 2007/05/21

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