Restart is proud to announce that the Croatian documentary comedy of the year, 'Gangster of Love' from director Nebojša Slijepčević, starts its cinema distribution in the Croatian independent cinema network on Febuary 6, 2014.
Watch the new cinema trailer here.
'Gangster of Love' proved itself to be popular with the audience and won several audience awards on it regional festival tour, and the screening at summer cinema Bačvice during Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2013 caused a rarely seen euphoria.
'Gangster of Love' is a comedy about love and relationship in the province of Dalmatinska Zagora. The protagonist is Nediljko Babić, a matchmaker who left his profession as a carpenter 25 years ago to start his God-given career – matching lonely men and women. He became famous very fast thanks to his skills, but also his nickname – Gangster.
Gangster is an old fashioned matchmaker who believes in importance of personal contact. He meets all his client in person to evaluate them and give them useful advice. And when Maja, a 35-year-old Bulgarian woman, asks Gangster to help her find a husband, it seem her case is going to be an easy one. But the fact that Maja is a single mother of a three year old and a foreigner makes this case an impossible mission. However lonely the men in Dalmatinska Zagora may be, it seems they don't want a Bulgarian with a child.
'Gangster of Love' had it's international premiere at the prestigious Canadian festival Hot Docs, it opened ZagrebDox 2013 and won an Audience award there. After Zagreb, 'Gangster' won audience awards at Mediteran Film Festival in Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Dokuart festival in Bjelovar (Croatia), and was awarded a special prize at the Minsk International Film Festival (Belarus).
The film enters simultaneous distribution in the Croatian independent cinema network on Thursday, February 6 of 2014. It will be screened in 30 cities throughout the country, including Čakovec, Daruvar, Dubrovnik, Đakovo, Gospić and Vodice. The protagonist Nediljko Babić and director Nebojša Slijepčević will start a mini promotional tours with a guest appearance in cinema Central in Split on the opening night of the film, February 6. A detailed list of all the cinemas and cities will be available shortly. The distributor of the film is Restart Label.
'Gangster of Love' was made in the production od Restart. Co-producers are Kloos & Co. (Germany), Subcultura Films (Romania) and Fade In (Croatia). The film was funded by ZDF / Arte television house, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, CNC (Romania), Media TV Broadcasting and City of Rijeka.
Watch the cinema trailer here.
