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In The Jaws of Life Director: Rajko Grlic Producer: Alexander Stojanovic Screenplay: Rajko Grlic, Dubravaka Ugresic Cinematographer: Tomislav Pinter Cast: Vitomira Loncar, Gorica Popovic, Bogdan Diklic, Semka Sokolovic Bertok, Mira Furlan, Rade Serbedzija, Miki Manojlovic, Bata Zivojinovic Art Film, Beograd - Jadran Film, Zagreb - Croatia Film, Zagreb 1984 - 35mm / color / 95 min. “Best Yugolalv Film 1984”, two “Golden Arenas” the “Jelen” award and four other acting awards Pula Festival, “Bronze Palm” Valencia Film Festival Spain, New York and San Francisco Film Festivals.

“A middle-aged woman filmmaker, a bit on the chubby side, with a rather confused personal life, is making a soap opera titled The Jaws of Life. It follows a young clerk, a bit on the chubby side, with a rather confused personal life. The two stories unfold side by side as the film goes on, and this sexy farce makes the most of the parallels between them. Despite the differences in the two women’s social milieus, their stories in fact begin to converge, and each seems to comment on and affect the other in an amusing mixture of life and art. The various men who pass through our two heroine’s lives make for a series of amusing, sometimes poignant situations. What makes this sparkling yet bittersweet film so satisfying is the loose comic flow of the narrative, and the overall philosophical perspective that flows from its creative premise.”- Ellen Slatkin Critical Response: “...the openness of approach to sexual problems, a secret complicity of the author with the young people in their conflict with the adult world remind us of the greatest successes of the Prague school of cinema.. “ - LE MONDE, France “...this is fun at a very high level...” - FILM A DOBA,Czechoslovakia “...this film about woman’s emancipation has definitely imposed itself as one of the winners of the festival... “\ - LES PROVINCIAS, Spain “Grlic’s films are a rarity in Yugoslavia: modern and witty stories of urban neurosis, mid-life crisis, upwardly-mobile media people, ex-convicts who cannot fit in and artists who have sold out. “ - THE FINANCIAL TIMES, Great Britain “...”The Jaws of Life” is also the best feature Rajko Grlic has made in an already remarkable career of critical success that includes “Whichever Way the Ball Bounces”, “Bravo Maestro” and “You love Only Once”. What makes his latest feature so satisfying is the loose comic flow of the narrative, bittersweet perspective on the foibles of life, and the overall philosophical bent that springs from the very nature of the tale...” - VARIETY, Los Angeles “...Who can resist 95 minutes of sparkling yet bittersweet charm, and that’s what Yugoslavian director Rajko Grlic provides in abundance...” - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, San Francisco “...This sex farce is as rueful as it is funny, as earthy as it is politically astute, as cleverly structured as it is unexpected...” - VILLAGE VOICE - New York