# Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)

> A savage, darkly comic antiwar drama turns a childhood friendship and a haunted tunnel into a portrait of Yugoslavia's ethnic rupture.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18523

## Facts

- Runtime: 130 min
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Srđan Dragojević
- Cast: Dragan Bjelogrlić, Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimović, Zoran Cvijanović, Milorad Mandić, Dragan Petrović 'Pele', Lisa Moncure, Nikola Pejaković
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116860/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, sardonic, visceral, serious film night, war cinema retrospective

## Synopsis

A poignant exploration of friendship and conflict amidst the chaos of war.

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