See You in Montevideo

2014 film

See You in Montevideo

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Dragan Bjelogrlić
Written by| Dragan Bjelogrlić
Produced by| Dejan Petrović
Starring|

* Miloš Biković
* Petar Strugar
* Predrag Vasić

Cinematography| Goran Volarević
Edited by|

* Petar Marković
* Dejan Urošević
* Svetolik Zajc

Music by| Roberto Magnifico
Distributed by| Intermedia Network

Release date

* 14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)

Running time

| 142 minutes
Country| Serbia
Languages|

* Serbian
* English
* French
* Spanish

See You in Montevideo (Serbian: Монтевидео, видимо се!/Montevideo, vidimo se!) is a 2014 Serbian comedy film written and directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Montevideo, God Bless You! It was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[1][2] See You in Montevideo was shot over a number of locations, Paraćin, Belgrade, Ulcinj, Trieste, and also the Spanish Island of Tenerife.[3]

## Plot

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The Yugoslavia national team prepares to participate in the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams that will take place in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo in 1930. After a lengthy trip over the Atlantic Ocean, the Yugoslavia national team finds themselves amongst 12 other nations, competing for the World Cup. The team is accompanied by Stanoje, a boy who has a leg injury and walks with a crutch.

The Yugoslavia team are the underdogs of the tournament and are given a minimal chance of succeeding after being drawn with the favorites of the tournament, Brazil. Thanks to the talent and dedication of the players, they defeat Bolivia and Brazil in their group stage and advanced to the knockout stage. Before and especially after the match against Bolivia, the team loses the spirit of unity between them, some players are becoming interested in contracts offered by Mr. Hotchkins, an american football businessman, and some of them are doubting if they will come back to Yugoslavia after the tournament. Aleksandar Tirnanić "Tirke" falls in love with a local lady named Dolores and despite some difficulties in their relationships, they start living together.

The Yugoslavia team is being drawn to play against the local team of Uruguay. On the pre-match training, the team looks very unmotivated and players fight with each other. At the same time, Tirke is being held at the house of Dolores by her and her brother, as he doesn't want him to play against Uruguay, his nation. Tirke gets into an argument with Dolores while trying to explain the importance of football in his life and the importance of this game. Despite that, he is being held practically hostage at their home. The team finds this out and goes to the home of Dolores to find him, where they have to trick and eventually fight with her family to free Tirke from them. The team gets their team spirit risen up again, but the atmosphere at Centenario before the game feels like a war, where everyone is against the Yugoslavs. In the match itself, Yugoslavs scored first, but then conceded, and had their goal disputedly disallowed, while the Uruguay's goal was scored after an assist from a policeman standing besides the pitch, as the referee preferred to keep it safe as the stadium was furious. Yugoslavia lost the game and met United States team at the hotel. They decided to organise a third place match between them, which Yugoslavs eventually won. All the players declined the agreements with Hotchkins. Yugoslavia received a bronze medal.[a]

In the end, Stanoje is shown in the present time, as an adult, telling that "he saw" this story, and it is all real.

## Cast

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* Miloš Biković as Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić
* Petar Strugar as Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović
* Viktor Savić as Milutin "Milutinac" Ivković
* Armand Assante as Hotchkins
* Elena Martínez as Dolores
* Branko Đurić as Paco
* Srđan Todorović as Bora Jovanović
* Predrag Vasić as Little Stanoje
* Nebojša Ilić as Boško "Dunster" Simonović
* Vojin Ćetković as Mihajlo Andrejević
* Srđan Timarov as Kosta Hadži
* Aleksandar Radojčić as Milorad "Balerina" Arsenijević
* Uroš Jovicić as Đorđe "Ðokica Nosonja" Vujadinović
* Bojan Krivokapić as Momčilo "Gusar" Đokić
* Andrija Kuzmanović as Milovan "Jakša" Jakšić
* Ivan Zekić as Ivan "Ivica" Bek
* Nenad Heraković as Dragoslav "Vampir" Mihajlović
* Aleksandar Filimonović as Ljubiša "Leo" Stevanović
* Rade Ćosić as Teofilo Spasojević
* Milan Nikitović as Branislav "Bane" Sekulić
* Bojan Micic as Bertrand "Bert" Patenaude
* Peter J. Chaffey as Thomas "Tom" Florie

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## Notes

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1. ^ There is disagreement on which team came second place in the real tournament, as discussed in here.

## References

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1. ^ "U TRCI ZA ZLATNU STATUU: Montevideo, vidimo se srpski kandidat za Oskara!". Kurir. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. ^ "Serbia's Oscar nominee: See You in Montevideo". InSerbia. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. ^ "Montevideo vidimo se poslednja priča o slavnim fudbalerima". sinemanija.com. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

## External links

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* See You in Montevideo at IMDb

* v
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Montevideo film series

Films|

* Montevideo, God Bless You!
* See You in Montevideo

Television series|

* Montevideo, God Bless You!
* On the Road to Montevideo
* See You in Montevideo

* v
* t
* e

Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

* Vukovar Poste Restante (1994)
* Underground (1995)
* Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
* Three Summer Days (1997)
* Cabaret Balkan (1998)
* Sky Hook (2000)
* War Live (2001)
* Labyrinth (2002)
* The Professional (2003)
* Goose Feather' (2004)
* Midwinter Night's Dream (2005)
* Tomorrow Morning (2006)
* The Trap (2007)
* The Tour (2008)
* St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)
* Solemn Promise (2010)
* Montevideo, God Bless You! (2011)
* When Day Breaks (2012)
* Circles (2013)
* See You in Montevideo (2014)
* Enclave (2015)
* Train Driver's Diary (2016)
* Requiem for Mrs. J. (2017)
* Offenders (2018)
* King Petar of Serbia (2019)
* Dara of Jasenovac (2020)
* Oasis (2021)
* Darkling (2022)
* The Duke and the Poet (2023)
* Russian Consul (2024)

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