Tranquilizer Gun
| Tranquilizer Gun | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hrvoje Hribar |
| Written by | Hrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić[1] |
| Starring | Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Jelena Miholjević, Nina Violić, Filip Šovagović, Vili Matula, Igor Tkalec, Dražen Kühn |
| Music by | Svadbas[1] |
| Cinematography | Slobodan Trninić[1] |
| Edited by | Slaven Zečević[1] |
Production company | |
Release dates | 1997[1] |
Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
| Country | Croatia |
| Language | Croatian |
Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar.
Plot
Janko (Rene Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Alma Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Nina Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot...[1][2]
Reception
The critics praised the actors[1][3] and the film's visual style,[1] but found it lacking in energy[2][3] and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.[1]
Tranquilizer Gun did not find success either at the Pula Film Festival or the Croatian box office - partly due to inadequate promotion - but received the 1998 Oktavijan Award from the Croatian Association of Film Critics.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gilić, Nikica (2008). "Puška za uspavljivanje". Filmski leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Puška za uspavljivanje". filmski-programi.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- 1 2 Antulov, Dragan (1998). "Puška za uspavljivanje". film.purger.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2015.