This is delightful comedy, relevant to any country that has idolized its leader. Croatia must be well on the way to recovery if it can produce and destribute and laugh at such a film. Of course, I don't know if it is widely seen within Croatia..
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Genghis Blues
(1999)
A totally enthralling and touching film I'd love to see again.
12 March 1999
I can't recommend this doc. more highly. It's wonderfully warm, touching and fascinating all the way through. I saw it at the SBIFF where it was a last minute entry; had it been entered for the audience choice award I am sure we would have voted as did the Sundance audience! Genghis Blues tells us about Tuva, a remote area, bordering on the north of Mongolia. (Remember Richard Feynman and the book, Tuva or Bust?) This is the portrait of the amazing journey of blind San Francisco bluesman, Paul Pena, to the 1995 2nd International (UNESCO-sponsored) throat-singing contest in Kyzyl, Tuva. It's a triumph from start to finish. See it!
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