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In the Jaws of Life

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In the Jaws of Life
Cover of the Facets Video VHS release
Directed byRajko Grlić
Written byRajko Grlić
Dubravka Ugrešić
Starring
CinematographyTomislav Pinter
Edited byŽivka Toplak
Music byBrane Živković
Release date
  • 4 April 1984 (1984-04-04)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

In the Jaws of Life (Croatian: U raljama života) is a 1984 Yugoslav film directed by Rajko Grlić. It is based on a novel by Dubravka Ugrešić.[1]

The film was released on VHS in the United States by Facets Video in November 1998.

Plot

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Dunja (Gorica Popović), a television director is editing a TV series about Štefica Cvek (Vitomira Lončar), an introverted and unassuming office worker who lives in a world of romance novels and women's magazines, seeking out for a real man. Dunja's relationship with Sale (Miodrag Krivokapić), a literary critic and party ideologue, is facing a crisis, so she finds herself in a situation similar to that of her on-screen protagonist...[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Štefica Cvek premijerno na kazališnim daskama". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 3 April 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ In the Jaws of Life at Filmski-Programi.hr (in Croatian)
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