An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World
1997 · 154 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 367 VOTES · DIR. Juraj Jakubisko
Overview
Set over a two-decade period in a tiny Central European village, this drama not only chronicles a couple's tragic star-crossed love, it also serves as a metaphor for the tragedy of lost traditions. After opening in the snowy wilds as two people spectacularly die, the story jumps back 20 years as young Verona prepares to marry. Unfortunately, voracious wolves descend upon the ceremony and all but Verona and her courageous 10-year-old brother-in-law Goran, who saves her, perish. That day, Verona gives birth to Veronika and promptly betroths her daughter to the heroic Goran. A decade passes and on Veronika's 10th birthday, her engagement to Goran is formally announced at a big party. Festivities halt when a troupe of female circus performers and their sly employer Madina show up. Veronika soon finds herself more interested in Madina's young son Michal than she is in the adult Goran. Meanwhile, the worldly Madina attempts to adjust to life in an old-fashioned village.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,328 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:43 Jakubisko Film
00:07:31 Those idiots took my gun!
00:13:55 A thousand years of happiness!
00:18:00 lt's my lrena who keeps the circus together.
00:22:00 Two aces.
00:26:08 So is the money! You have no circus!
00:30:16 Quiet! We'll be home in no time.
00:35:09 That's the order of things.
00:39:40 l have to go home.
00:43:59 Time enough, Jirinka.
00:50:11 My Michael...
00:57:02 Misha!
01:02:11 You should have sent for us sooner.
01:08:14 Don't let the innocents suffer.
01:14:23 This is my treasure. Nostradamus.
01:19:09 You never mentioned it, why start now?
01:25:31 She's not here!
01:31:35 Not only you, but everyone
01:38:51 Verona!
01:44:07 Father believed that was where Paradise began.
01:48:48 That's what they get for the shit on the handle!
01:54:06 as if the wolves were to come again.
02:01:01 Act like nothing happened!
02:08:28 so that You love us and forgive us.