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As Far as I Can Walk

Crystal Globe Competition 2021 / Strahinja Banović / Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Lithuania 2021

Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with a dream of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching the western part of the continent, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has started to build himself a career, while Ababuo is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When she disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her… A crystal clear, humanistic story about the need to find one’s place in the world. It’s also a tale of love, the most profound testimony of which might also be the most painful.

Synopsis

Strahinja and his wife Ababuo left Ghana with visions of a better life in Europe. Instead of reaching their dream destination of Germany, they were deported back to Serbia. Strahinja has begun to build a career for himself at the local football club, while Ababuo, a professional actress, is unable to fulfil her ambitions and she feels increasingly frustrated. When Ababuo disappears one day, Strahinja sets out to find her… The story of two African migrants was inspired by the medieval epic poem Strahinja Banović, about a Serbian nobleman searching for his kidnapped wife. In his masterfully directed picture Stefan Arsenijević delivers a crystal clear, humanistic account of the need to find one’s place in the world; this is also a tale of love, the most profound testimony of which might also be the most painful.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the film

92 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Stefan Arsenijević / Screenplay Stefan Arsenijević, Bojan Vuletić, Nicolas Ducray / Dir. of Photography Jelena Stanković / Music Martynas Bialobžeskis / Editor Vanja Kovačević / Art Director Zorana Petrov / Producer Miroslav Mogorović / Production Art & Popcorn / Coproduction Surprise Alley, Les Films Fauves, Chouchkov Brothers, Artbox / Cast Ibrahim Koma, Nancy Mensah-Offei, Maxim Khalil, Rami Farah, Nebojša Dugalić / Sales Soul Food Films / Contact Marijana Harder

About the director

Stefan Arsenijević (1977, Belgrade). Selected filmography: Little Morning Story (Mala jutarnja priča, 2002, short), (A)Torzion (2003, short), Lost and Found (Izgubljeno – nađeno, 2005), Love and Other Crimes (Ljubav i drugi zločini, 2008), As Far as I Can Walk (Strahinja Banović, 2021).