Gucha
The tiny Serb town of Gucha would never have had any claim to fame had it not been for the "World Brass Championships". For over 40 years, over a quarter of a million visitors and the crème de la crème of gypsy brass instrumentalists from the Balkans have been meeting here annually. Every year, more than a dozen bands play before a jury in the hopes of winning the Golden Trumpet. After having won the prize for five years on the trot, Boban Markovic and his band – all outstanding proponents of ′Balkan fusion′ music – now only perform out-of-competition. One member of the "Boban Markovic Orkestar" is soloist and arranger Marko – who happens to be Boban’s 19-year-old son.
Marco also plays the male lead in this musical drama – a fictional story set against an authentic backdrop, about the rise of a brilliant trumpeter and gypsy named Romeo, with whom a Serb girl falls in love. Sixteen-year-old Juliana is the daughter of Serbia’s most popular trumpeter, known simply as Satchmo – after Louis Armstrong. Romeo, with whom Juliana falls in love, plays the trumpet in a rival gypsy orchestra known as "Sandokan’s Tigers". Satchmo finds Romeo’s dark skin repugnant, and would do anything in his power to keep the two lovers apart. However, as a passionate admirer of Lousie Armstrong, he can never admit to his aversion. Instead of coming between them, he promises therefore to give them his consent. Romeo may have his daughter – but only if he succeeds in beating him at the festival in Gucha …
Source: 57. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Romeo
- Juliana
- Satchmo
- Beans
- Sandokan
- Paraskeva
- Romika
- Marijana
- Rocky
- Ljubiša
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Production design
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Audio mixing
Music
Cast
- Romeo
- Juliana
- Satchmo
- Beans
- Sandokan
- Paraskeva
- Romika
- Marijana
- Rocky
- Ljubiša
- Dragiša
Production company
in co-production with
Producer
Executive producer
Line producer
Original distributor
Shoot
- Juli 2005 - September 2005: Gucha (Serbien), Veles (Bulgarien)
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.07.2007, 110887, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CS): 14.11.2006;
Erstaufführung (DE): 12.02.2007, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 23.08.2007
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE CS) Gucha
- Weiterer Titel Gucha - Distant Trumpet
- Weiterer Titel Guca!
- Schreibvariante (YU) Гуча!
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.07.2007, 110887, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CS): 14.11.2006;
Erstaufführung (DE): 12.02.2007, Berlin, IFF - Panorama;
Kinostart (DE): 23.08.2007