Jelenin svet

Jelenin svet (Jelena's World) is a 2008 independent documentary film written and directed by Tanja Brzaković, about former World No. 1 female tennis player, Jelena Janković.[1][2]

Jelenin svet
Theatrical poster
Directed byTanja Brzaković
Produced byTanja Brzaković
Nebojsa Miljkovic
Written byTanja Brzaković
StarringJelena Janković
Snežana Janković
Ricardo Sánchez
Music byJanja Lončar
CinematographyMiona Bogovic
Kathleen Herbst
Edited byTatjana Brzakovic
Branka Pavlovic
Production
company
Talas film
Distributed bySerbian theatrical:
Art Vista
Worldwide:
WTA Tour
Release date
  • November 12, 2008 (2008-11-12) (Belgrade, Serbia)
Running time
80 minutes
CountrySerbia
Germany
LanguageSerbian
Subtitle:
English
Russian
Budget$40,000

Background

The film follows Jelena Janković over a 14-month period, and includes tennis tournaments in Madrid and Berlin, as well as her visits to her home in Belgrade.[3][4]

At the beginning of the documentary, Janković was ranked as third best tennis player in the world. The film follows her regime as she prepares for various meets, deals with maintaining her diet, trains, meets with fans, and begins her matches.[1] [2]

Cast
  • Jelena Janković as herself
  • Snežana Janković as herself (Jelena's mother)
  • Ricardo Sánchez as himself (Jelena's coach)
In tennis matches:

Reception

When the film premiered in Belgrade on November 12, 2008,[5] it outsold the James Bond film Quantum of Solace which opened there that same weekend,[3][6] bumping the Bond film to second place in the Serbian box office.[4][7]

In speaking about the film, Politika made note that full-length theatrically released documentary films about Serbian athletes are rare. They appreciated that Jelenin svet celebrated the efforts of one of the best among the best in the world, and that the film was able to document Jelena Janković's rise from third-best to world's best. They wrote that the film is dynamic, witty and cheerful in its portrait of Janković, and that it allows viewers to better understand the subject of the film.[1]

References
  1. Lakic, Dubravka (November 14, 2008). Ведрина на трону. Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. Staff (September 10, 2011). "Film on world tennis No.1 Jankovic". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  3. Pearce, Linda (January 17, 2009). "Point to prove". The Age. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  4. Staff (January 10, 2009). "Jankovic takes quantum leap". Brisbane Times. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  5. Staff (November 10, 2008). "Culture and Sports". Southeast European Times. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  6. Robson, Douglas (January 4, 2009). "Top-ranked Jankovic, fitter than ever, aims high in 2009". USA Today. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  7. Hodgkinson, Mark (January 7, 2009). "Licence to thrill". The Age. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
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