The Meeting Point
Sabirni centar (The Meeting Point) is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Marković, starring Rade Marković, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Nikolić, Mirjana Karanović and Anica Dobra. It is based on Dušan Kovačević's play of the same title translated in the U.S. as The Gathering Place. It is published by Samuel French.
| Sabirni centar (The Meeting Point) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Goran Marković |
| Produced by | Aleksandar Stojanović |
| Written by | Dušan Kovačević (play and screenplay) Goran Marković (screenplay) |
| Starring | Rade Marković Bogdan Diklić Dragan Nikolić Olivera Marković Bata Stojković Mirjana Karanović Anica Dobra Radmila Živković |
| Music by | Zoran Simjanović |
| Cinematography | Tomislav Pinter |
| Edited by | Snežana Ivanović |
Release date | Yugoslavia: 19 July 1989 |
Running time | 98 mins |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Movie scenes of The Meeting Point filmed in Gamzigrad, and several actors of them actually went to Tunisia where they filmed scenes from the desert and the ruins of a Roman city Dougga. Catacombs from Labyrinth are made in a studio in Košutnjak.
Cast
- Rade Marković - Profesor Misa
- Bogdan Diklić - Petar
- Dragan Nikolić - Janko
- Olivera Marković - Angelina
- Danilo Stojković - Simeun
- Aleksandar Berček - Ivan
- Radmila Živković - Lepa
- Mirjana Karanović - Jelena Katic
- Dusan Kostovski - Marko
- Anica Dobra - Milica
- Branko Pleša - Doktor Katic
- Goran Daničić - Keser
- Kole Angelovski - Macak
Plot
An archaeological team, digging in a remote village and led by an old professor, unearths an old Roman artifact, a gravestone bearing some mysterious inscriptions. After realizing that they have stumbled upon something precious, the professor collapses with a heart attack. Seemingly dead for people around him, he finds himself in a sort of afterlife state and realizes that the stone marked a passage into the classical underworld so he starts mingling with the antique spirits of the dead. The spirits themselves appear just as silly and petty as the peasants from the village above them, and in their desire to see what happened to their descendants, they find themselves surprised by the modern world of the living.
Awards
At the 1989 Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslavian version of the Academy Awards), the film won the Big Golden Arena awards for Best Film, Best Screenplay (Dušan Kovačević) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Radmila Živković).