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Tito I Ja (1992)
A very pointed, remarkable comedy." -NY Newsday</i><br /><br /> Set in Belgrade in 1954, <I>Tito And Me</I> is the
comical story of pudgy, 10-year old Zoran, who lives in an overcrowded apartment with his artist parents, aunt, uncle, grandmother, and horrid cousin
Svetlana. Zoran is a quirky child who, to his parents' dismay, adores Yugoslavia's charismatic leader Marshall Tito more than he does his own
family. In the rare moments when Zoran is not dreaming about Tito, his thoughts are filled with Jasna, an awkward twelve-year-old orphan girl. When
Jasna says that she is going away for two weeks on a walking tour of Tito's Homeland, Zoran is inspired to win an essay contest at his school, in
order to accompany her on a journey in his hero's honor. Although the tour turns out to be a disaster of itchy rashes, rainy nights and ghosts in
palaces, Zoran discovers the strength of true friendship, and the importance of his love for his family.<br><br> In the tradition of
<I>My Life As A Dog</I>, <I>Small Change,</I> and <I>When Father Was Away On Business</I>, <I>Tito And
Me</I> is a delightful family memoir for audiences of all ages.
The film "Tito and Me" was made during one of the most difficult periods in the history of Eastern Europe. Its quirky humor has marked the beginning
of the end for the country it celebrates and unmercifully criticizes at the same time.
Making a child the central point of the film is essential for its vision. A child is able to see everything in a way as yet unclouded by the veils
that adults often put on truth. And yet, the nation this film depicts often behaves like a big child (in ways that lead to self-ruin instead to
self-preservation), and that gives another justification for such a choice of the main star.
The film goes even further to deal with certain philosophical and moral issues that were accepted without question for a great number of years in most
countries of Eastern Europe. It puts them to test, a test of an honest and pure spectator of human foibles and peculiarities, and shows us the
terrifying results made by an unbiased viewer.
The humor of the film, often bordering on absurd, only serves to heighten the sense of malaise and impending doom that eventually becomes a
reality.
The child Zoran (wonderfully played by Dimitrije Vojnov, who is now one of Serbia's leading film critics and film connoisseurs)is taken along the
paths of maturity, his thoughts become more and more grown-up in the process, and accordingly, his illusions are shattered one by one.
This film is comic, warm and honest, but also cruel and terrifying in its refusal to compromise. It is a story of a misguided nation and a warning for
others who may share the same destiny, but are as yet not aware of it. As such it should be seen.
Author: uros-tomic from Belgrade
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